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12 TI1K OMAHA DAILY REE: SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 190D. Tiie Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROBSWATER VICTOR ROflBWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omthi poetofflce as second class mstter. XLiuna vr " aa fcstly Fee (without "iinday). " ''"'vjo Dally nee ana nunaay, " DELIVERED BT CARRIER- Pally r (Inr-Mding Sunfl.y), Pf rrt" Daily Br (without in1y. per ""v 'V Evening Pe (without "iinday). P" w".r; Evening Ba (with exinday). per WMK-y.X Hurdsv Bee. one yr , 'M gitnrday Bee, nn year. v:",,lV.'iiti in Address all comptalnte of !" u -T ' delivery to City Circulation Department orncf Omaha-The Bee Bunding. vwrth Omaha Twenty-fourth ana fV.uncll Bluffs 15 Brott Btreet. Llnroin-41 Mttle Building. t'htcagn 1M Marquette Bulla'"- .... Naw York-Rooms 1101-110 No. M.Waat Thirty-Third Street. A . r w Washington 726 Fourteenth Street, ix. v. CORREBPONDENCB. Communlratlona rela tin to newe ana em torial mattar ahould be addressed: Omana Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. . Remit by draft, espreas or P"").!?! payahle to Tha Be. Publishing Company. Only 1-oent at am pa received In payment of mall accounts. Paraonal c hecks, "oept on Omaha or eaatern exchanges, not accepteq. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.! George B. Teeohnck. treasurer of Tha Beo Publishing company, being duly worn, says that tha actual number of full and complete eoplee of Tha Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bae printed during tha month of January, !. waa aa follows. 1 3 A, BOO IT BB.100 1 38,80 It M,MO 33,300 It SaVMO 4 3A.1SO t0 a,090 1 38.010 tl n,xi C VMM It W.030 7 38,400 St 3800 t 88,390 14 37,300 t 83,400 tl M.010 10 38,O0 :4 3,O30 II 17 3440 It SeMttO tl 33.S90 It IMN II 33,090 14 38470 10 38,300 II 38,60 II 37.7O0 II Total... X.1M430 Leas unaold ami returned coplaa. 10,413 Net total 1,138.714 Daily average 38348 ' QEORQJC B. TZSCKUCK. Traaaurar. Subscribed in my Praaenea and eworn to before, ma this Id day of February, 1101. (Baa) M. P. WALKER, ' Notary Publlo. WBEK OCT OF TOWN. baarlkars leaTlaa; the ally tem porarily ahaale! have The Baa sailed, ta tbeaa. Address will ta chaageel aa ( aa raaaaated. Last call (or your Waihtngton'i birthday shopping. The Panama canal will b finished by digging. In it. not at it. A Gobblers' club has been formed in Washington. It should bo stuffed. As a traveler, young King Alfonso appears" to ; b the W. H. Taft of Europe. Any office occupied by. republicans overlooked In the round-up for the gubernatorial pie counter? Mr. Bryan also forgot to mention among the bills to be killed the bill to repeal the terminal tax. Mr. Knox Is the only man on record who must "eel complimented because his salaryhaa been reduced. The law allows a man to sign as many primary petitions as be pleases and then also to vote as he pleases. The new postofflce appropriation bill makes no provision allowing Senator Tillman to frank a typewriter through the mails. Perhaps It would be Just as well tf send a hero medal to that man whi asked Mrs. Hetty Green for ber daugh ter's hand. A southern court rules that a mule has no rights. In face of abundant tes timony that that mule has both rights and lefts. Manufacturers of corkscrews report an unusual demand from the south. Draw has always been a popular game In the south. Thanks to Mr. Taft, the Panama ranal may be added to the list of things that the people may quit wor ryini: about. There seems to be danger that the United States senate may degenerate to the level of the Nebraska legisla ture. The jewelers will be the next or ganization to taBte of Omaha's hospi tality, ard they will find it all that has been advertised. A Mississippi jury has returned a verdict against the unwritten law. The solid south l showlnj slgas of disin tegration, all right. The next theatrical attraction "A California Divorce," presented by Daniel Frohman, with Margaret Illlng ton In the stellar role. There Ik no occasion for this criti cism of Mr. Carnegie's advice on the tariff. It Is perfectly harmless so long as congress does not take It. That the coat of municipal govern ment per capita Is highest lav Boston and lowest in Milwaukee Indicates a triumph of beer over beans. I Membera of the Turkish cabinet are resigning. The sultan can get a nice supply of left-over material by apply ing to Mr. Taft after March 4. "The stage Is as good as the society 4f this city," says a New York bishop and the actors and actresses have been too busy to resent the statement. Grover Cleveland's picture Is to be placed on a new Issue of postage stamps. Mr. Bryan will probably lay a an extra stock of the old kind. roROKTrVL OR KKQlXCTfUL. In his address to the legislature, Mr. Bryan undertook to tell the demo cratic lawmakers of his own state what legislation pending before them should be passed, what rejected and what should yet be introduced. Under none of these three headings did he put In a word for organised labor, to which he had held out such glittering allurements in his recent campaign for election to the presidency. Not a word did Mr. 'Bryan say' it. advocacy of a law , abolishing the power of our state courts to Issue re straining orders and Injunctions In labor disputes that would not issue If no lebor dispute were involved. Not a word did Mr. Bryan say In advocacy of & law requiring notice and hearing before the Issue of Injunctions in labor disputes that would properly lie. Not a word did Mr. Bryan say In advocacy of a law Insuring trial by Jury In all cases for contempt of court not committed In the presence of the court None of these laws are now on the Nebraska statute books and the demo cratic majority of the legislature has ample power to enact them. Neither can it be said in excuse for Mr. Bryan 'that this labor legislation is not promised in the platform on which the democrats won out in. Ne braska, even though he urged some things that were covered in no plat form. The platfocm promulgated by the Nebraska democrats In March, 1908, contains these promises of labor legislation more distinctly and more unequivocally than the Denver platform and the democratic state platform of September, 1908, ex pressly affirms the Denver platform. Is Mr. Bryan after election forget ful of his former labor allies, or is he merely neglectful of them? A CHANCE FOB TRADE BOOMERS. The esteemed American Wool and Cotton Reporter of Boston, with a thrifty Idea common with New Eng enders, refuses to see any cause for pert comment or coarse jest in the bill Introduced by Representative Sink in the Nebraska legislature calling for sheets nine feet long on all hotel beds within the state. The Boston author ity comments on the measure without any thought of microbes or the com- fort of fastidious, guests, but with an eye single to the boom the general adoption of the plan woud have on the cotton industry. The Reporter Bays: As tha textile and its allied industries furnish a liberal quota of cuatomera for hotel proprietors, and a standard 108-inch sheeting would use up more cotton,- give more employment to mill workera and benefit Ui growers of cotton, there la) no reason why the textile lnduatry ahould not heartily endorae such a measure. and. agitate in all states of the union for such a bed covering. The thrifty Bostonlan comment Is laden with sagacity and fraught with suggestion. Why stop at nine-foot bedsheeta when there is room for great improvement and more cotton in other directions? The nine-foot bedsheet would be all right in its way, but it would be out of all proportion With the scrimpy towels furnished in the average hotel. If we are to have nine- foot sheets, tha harmonies should be preserved by Insisting upon forty-inch towels for bathing purposes and at least thirty-Inch towels for the minor and secondary ablutions. Some sta tistician can easily figure out what this would mean in cold dollars and cents to the cotton growers of the south, the manufacturers, the middlemen, the country stores and to everyone who has a hand In taking a share of the hotel man's profits.. CURRENCY COMMISSION INACTIVE. The Arkansas citizen who could not repair his roof wh.en it was raining and insisted that It was as good as anybody's roof in bright weather ap parently established a precedent that is being followed by the Monetary com mission, appointed by congress during the panic of 1907-8. (i The commission came Into existence when the financial interests of the country were devising plans for meeting the industrial and commercial' crisis. The Aldrich-Vree- land bill, an admitted makeshift, was put through congress and the commis sion appointed with Instructions to make a thorough Investigation aud re port recommendations looking to a complete revision of the national cur rency system. The commission went on a junket to Europe and appears then to have suspended Its arduous la bors since the financial and industrial skies have grown brighter with the passing of the panic clouds. The commission has collected much information on foreign currency and banking systems, ruoBt of which are impossible of adoption in this country, and volumes of correspondence with American bankers regarding proposed amendments of the administrative bank act. - The commission has held no sessions for the consideration of this data and has made no report to con gress. The most recent calls for In formation from the commission, made by prominent bankers, has brought a letter chiding the bankers for failing to take advantage of the opportunity offered by the Aldrich-Vreeland bill to organize associations and Issue emer gency currency. The bankers have made it plain that they will not organ ize under the Aldrich-Vreeland law un less the measure is radically amended at the defective points which the trainers of the law left In unsatisfac tory shape. The chief defect waa the provision that a bank having once joined one of the associations could not withdraw until not only its . own obligations had been liquidated, but until those of eve-y other unit In the association had been liquidated. This would involve the maintenance of the ug3aUou with discordant units ' and the hankers generally have refused to take advantage of the law. v As the situation stands, the Aldrich Vreeland law Is inoperative and the financiers In congress are radically divided as to the best method of amending' the existing currency laws. Speaker Cannon is dead set against the asset currency plan and Senator Aid rich, chairman of the senate finance committee and head of the Monetary commission. Is equally firm indemand ing an asset currency. All the while the bankers and business men appreci ate the need of a general revision of the currency system, the amendment of the national bank act administrative bill and a general overhauling of the laws affecting examination of banks, the duties of directors and the method of Injecting the element of elasticity Into the currency. On these questions the Monetary commission is thus far silent, thus shifting one more im portant matter over to Mr. Taft 's administration. NEBRASKA DAIRY INTERESTS. The dairy and creamery industry in Nebraska has within a compexatively few years attained a size end import ance which promises to put this state in the very front rank of dairy states. As is Inevitable In any rapid indus trial development, the ' dairy and creamery Interests have various com plicated problems to meet whose sat isfactory and prompt solution means much for the advancement or retard ing of theirs growth. Some of these problems can be solved by Intelligent legislation to prevent abuses, insure sanitary methods of business and in sure equal and fair treatment of cream producers. The people most directly interested in the dairy and creamery industry in Nebraska have submitted several bills to the legislature, arising out of their experience along these lines which are entitled to careful consider ation and favorable action if they are reasonably, calculated to promote and build up still further this great de partment of agricultural pursuit in a state like Nebraska, in which agricul ture is and must always be the main stay of population and wealth. A HEASSUR1NO SIGN. Ordinarily the news dispatch from the south dealing with some crime in which a negro is involved is apt to contain some very disappointing state ments to the effect that the sheriff's men offered no resistance to the mob, but were disposed to make everything as easy as possible for the lynchers. On that account there Is a particularly refreshing note in the report of the heroism of a Florida sheriff, who, with three deputies, held a 'mob at bay against overwhelming 'odds and saved a prisoner for fair trial before the law. The prisoner is charged with a re volting crime, but had not. been con victed. The sheriff had reason to be lieve that the man was innocent, and for four hours he kept the mob at a distance by threatening to kill the first man who made a move toward the. jail, until law-abiding citizens came to his relief and secured the consignment of the prisoner to" Jail untll he has a fair trial. A little more nerve and bravery of this kind will do much to restore the south to the confidence of the-fest of the country, well-nigh forfeited by officials yielding to the murderous stu pidity of mob law. Some credit will have to be given the Council Bluffs man who shot him self Instead of his wife while in a Jealous rage. This is a noteworthy variation of the usual program, and deserves the attention of emotional persons, who feel they must shoot in order to express the ardent love they feel. When one member of the Douglas delegation at Lincoln tells another member of the Douglas delegation: "You don't know nothing about it," he unquestionably tells a great truth. In which all who know any of them will concur. It will be something of a novelty for the next president to send a Ven ezuelan message to congress without regretting to report that the difficulties between the United States and Vene zuela are still far from being settled. And, to think that It is not a year ago that Mr. Bryan, smiling, posed for his photograph with that terrible monster, Andrew -Carnegie, and still managed to escape alive and uncon tamlnated. Membership in the Commercial club is not absolutely essential to hap piness, but an Omaha business man ought to feel a great deal better it his name is on tha roll vf boosters. It has happened more than once that our charter tinkers have made fat berths for themselves to be in and later found them occupied by some one else. "Is it winter or summer?" asks a New England paper. Depends upon whether you are referring to the morning or the afternoon of the aver age day. Perhaps the purpose of the elective police commission promoters is to put the policemen and firemen and saloon keepers and resort keepers back into politics. A Washington doctor Is said to have grafted a whole leg onto a man. That operation is much rarer In Washing ton than grafting a whole leg off a man. A minister in New York Is telling about a man who had a spider trained to answer his whistle and could make a trout come to him by snapping his fingers. Very interesting, but the time for additions to the nature fakirs' class expires by limitation In a tew days. Senator Tillman announces that he "will keep right after the president." The chances for a peaceful summer will Improve If Tillman goes to Africa. A cable from Abyssinia announces that King Menelek Is in perfect health. That does not help much If The peach crop Is going to be a failure. Th ttrpaaaaa K templar. Chicago Tribune. A man of Mr. Rooscvel'e tremendous energy ia capable of writing any number Of special mesaagea to congreaa on any number of eubjrcts without exhauatlng hmaclf. delaying hie preparatlona for an African hunt, or Interfering with hie regu lar phyaical exerclm. Force of Habit. Washington Herald. When Senator Burrowa announced the vote of Nebraaka for tha republican can didate, In counting the electoral vote laat Wedneaday, we are aura U waa the force of habit that prompted him. and not a baoe dealgn to chieel Mr. Bryan out of any of hia political goods and chattels. l!lft of m. Commoner. Chicago Record-Herald. Senator Jeff Da via. tha foe of plutocracy, rides around Washington in a big, man eating automobile, and It la reported that In addition to having a butler he thinks of employing a valet. But let It be remem bered that Benatnr Jeff la not thu onlv man who has found It profitable to be. a proreasional commoner. " Dodging a Record. Boston Transcript. A poll taken In the houae on overriding the president's veto of the bill to put the cenaus on a apolla basta revealed auch a degree of disinclination to go on record on thia queatlon that announcement has now been made at committee headquartera that the meaaura haa "been "Indefinitely poat- poned." Something for Mr. T.aft to attend, fo In tha extra aeealon of the spring. Breakage of Rail. New York Tribune. On one of the roada weat of Chicago the breakage of rails tn 200 miles of new track la said to hava been four timea aa great during a given period aa .on a section of the aame length where the rails were aev eral years old. Aa the new rails weigh eighty-five pounds to the yard and tha pld ones seventy-five. It Is evident that some thing bealdea alaa ia involved in ability to withstand the hammering of traffic Wlreleee Scores a. Fallare. Philadelphia Record. Tha abortive attempt to keep in con tinuing touch with Admiral Bperry and hia approaching batMeahlps by wireless teleg raphy Is a diatlnct disappointment not only to tha naval authorities, but to the general public. Evidently there Is an element of uncertainty In tha aystem that 'thus far has baffled Inventive Ingenuity. Whether tha disability arises from a confusion of aerial mesaagee and Inability to Isolate tha apo dal mesaage desired or from other causea matters little. The owners of stock' In cable systems are not worrying.- Ittar Troet Devleea. . . Kansas City Times. In tha course of the fraud proaecutlona against tha Sugar trust It haa developed that tha welghera employed by tha trust in New York receive from (26,000 to 150,000 each per year, and It la charged that these weighers employ . devices to show under weight of Importations resulting in a cheat on the government in tha payment of duties. Now, Just a matter of weighing, does anyone think for a minute that the Sugar trust would pay such salaries ta its welghera unleas these weighers were "earning tha money." Where Nve Moves Slowly. Kanaaa -City Timea. It aeems almost incredible that there ia any part of tha denaely populated world so remote from present means ot com munication that a diaaatroua earthquake could occur in It without tha news of It reaching the outer world for mora than twenty daya. Yet It haa only now become known that an earthquake destroyed mora than 6,000 Uvea, sixty villagea and vaat property In Persia, January 23. On tha other hand, modern acience almost Instantly recorded the fact that an earquake of great force had occured at that time. DISTANT VIEW OF BR YAW. Political Plaaa Oatllned by Alleged Peraoaal Friend. Philadelphia North American. "I hava not seen any account of the way Bryan takes his defeat, his preaent posi tion, hia view of the election and the Ideas his friends hava for hia future," aaid a peraonal friend of William J. Bryan re cently, one who took a very active part In laat year's democratic, national campaign. "So here .ia tha' ailuation on all those matters. It la tha reault of careful in quiry, correspondence, travel, paraonal meetings, and, aa near aa possible, repre aenta tha moat accurate vlawa of himself and his near friends at the present time. "Mr. Bryan," eald hia friend, "will not be a candidate for the presidential nomi nation again, but he la determined that tha democratic nominee in 1911 shall be a man who waa loyal to him laat Novem ber, and who la known to hold what Mr. Bryan calls advanced and progreaslve dem ocratic views.' "During tha next four yearn new men and Issues are expected to make their ap pearance, and an entirely new political alignment may be expected within the democratlo party. At preaent Mr. Bryan does not look with favor on the presiden tial aaplratlona of Governor John A. John eon of Minnesota or Oovernor Harmon of Ohio, although, reduced to a choice of the laat two, the Nebraakan prefera tha Ohio executive. "Bryan regards 8enator-elect Slilvely of Indiana aa a 'progressive' democrat; alao 8enator Chamberlain of Oregon, Oovernor John Burke and Representative Champ Clark of Missouri, who la to be demo cratlo leader of the house of representatives St Washington after March 4. "The friends of Bryan don't yet regard Oovernor 8hallenberger ot Nebraaka, or Governor Marshall of Indiana aa 'progrea slve,' although there la hope that their wotk will receive the approval of Bryan and that their namea may be added to hia favored claaa. Bryan will continue to write for hia newspaper and lecture constantly for four yeara. "Hia Incoma ranges from Hi.', 000 to lau.OOu a year. Ha was badly broken up and bit terly disappointed over his defeat, for which ha waa unprepared. He haa taken tha third defeat much harder than any previous reveraa In politic. To frienda ha haa revested bia belief that tha chief cauae of the heavy vote for Taft tn large citiaa waa tha defection of Catholia.votera. And his friends among that persuasion are try ing ta argue bim out of hia notion' " I E8I5 OTHER LAUDS THAN OURS. The apeech from the throne at the open ing of the British Parliament, last Tues day, did not disclose any ministerial policy of international Interest. It was a colorless deliverance, limited strictly to local affaira. These local problem, however, are like a stretch of wave-lashed rocka toward which the liberal party craft Is headed with but scant hope of avoiding a craah. Rarely haa a British ministry, with a dominant majority in the Commons, faced a more discouraging prospect. ThS House of Lords Is more determined than ever In Its opposi tion to liberal party measures, encouraged by a succession of liberal defeats at by electlgna , and tha lack of aggressive har mony in ministerial ranks. The mlnlatry lacks cohesion ln-hTS" naval policy, hesitates to appeal to the country on the Issue of mending the Lords, and Is further embar rassed by the problem of securing Increased revenue to meet greatly increased national expenses. Increased taxation In tha face of widespread Industrial depression, with hundreds of thousands of unemployed de manding work, is bound to be unpopular, unleas some way Is found to place the burden on the rich. With this class en trenched In the House of Lords, opposition to such a plan may go to the extent of re jecting a budget the peers cannot lawfully amend. It Is evident the Asqulth ministry cannot long continue in a course which leaves the peers maatera of the situation. A party that , cannot redeem Us pledges lacks an excuse for living. Much of the news regarding political af fairs in Ireland ia filtered through the news bureaus of London and take on a color distinctly hostile-to the Irish home rule Interest. , This .coloring In large, naked splotches, was put on the report of the recent convention of the nationalist party at Dublin. The presa report described a part of tha proceedings as a Donnybrook fiacaa, Intimating that peraonal encounters had taken place. Nothing of the kind oo currcd. In his dispatches to American papers, T. P. O'Connor, a member of Par liament and participant In the conven tion, thus describes what has been pictured as a disgraceful fisticuff: "For just half a minute there was some confusion in the convention when Father Clancy and Kugene Crean, M. P.. two of William O'Brien's friends, advanced- in to beg O'Brien to spare hia voice and strength in the face of a tempest of interruption from the convention. The O Brienltea auspended their attempt to break up the convention In disorder, and Clancy and Creans' action was misunderstood and they were shoved back into their seats. The whole scene lasted thirty seaonds and not a blow waa struck " It takea a very small dlaturbance In Ireland to beoome a riot when aeen through tha biased spectacles of London. The first attempt to disrupt the constitu tional ministry of Turkey proved diaaatroua to tha chief promoter, Grand Visler KU.mil Pasha. Sver since tha constitutional forces, represented by young Turka party, assumed control of affairs, there hava been plots and counterplots among tha reactionaries who seek to restore the old regime. Minis terial leaders of tha young Turks pressed for more radical reforms than the grand visler would sanction, and doubtlesa threat ened to force the abdication of Sultan Ab dul Hamld. Kiamll Paaha Inclined mora to tha opposition, and attempted to checkmate tha progreslvea by dismissing two of his aaaoclates. By an almost unanlmoua vote tha parliamentary chamber dismissed the grand visler and reinstated the ministers ha had cashiered. Evidently tha reaotlon ariea were unable to, take advantage of the situation prematurely created when th hand of Kiamll waa forced by hia col league. The unanimity of tha constitu tional forces In quickly disposing of the Issue raised is a reassuring display of loyalty to and confidence In the leadership, and leaves the plotters without an open friend in th cabinet. Tha annexation of Bosnia and Herae govlna to the empire of Franola Joseph does not mean their extinction aa a stale. It meana a change of aovereigna only. In a recent statement the Austrian premier, Baron Blenerth, glvia auaurancea of com plete home rule for both states. A Diet for both ia to be created and put in opera tion, probably next spring, consisting of ecclesiastical repreaentation proportioned to the different creeda, and seventy-two elected deputies, representing an average of 25.000 electors. The franchise ia to be direct and universal, but the electorate will be divided Into three classes the first comprising the largest taxpayers, all per. sons posaeaalng academical diplomas, and membera of chambers of commerce the second and third claaaea comprising urban and rural electora, respectively. The pre mier declares the Diet will have Jurisdic tion over all matters that concern Bosnia and Hersegovlna alone, rractlcally on lines similar to an American state. . The readiness with which the Japaneae appropriate the Invention of foreigners' la familiar to tradera In the Orient, and Is a fruitful source of antagonism in commercial circle. Official Japan ia beginning to realise the dishonesty of prevailing busi ness methods and ia endeavoring to bring about reform by persuasion. Not long ago the vice minister of rommerce and agri culture addresaed a algnlficant circular to the varioua chambers of commerce of Uie country. Without mincing matters ha says that In conatMiucnce of the growing lnten aity of competition, inventions, trade marks and other Industrial rights hava been Imi tated or stolen tn Japan, and that foreign trade nvarka and trade names hava alao been abused, and that the virtlme have from time t time applied to tha author The finest, most tasteful and wholesome biscuit, cake and pas try are made with Royal Bak ing Powder, and not otherwise. Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar ities for redresa. Ha goes on to express the hope that "merchanta and manufacturers will endeavor o to engage In their toual nesa aa to win confidence, which Is the fundamental principle of trade, and wilt try to bring about prosperity by honorable means." Sobriety Is becoming an Industrial neces sity In Germany, particularly among em ployes of railways. An order Issued by the Prussian minister of railways a few years ago, forbidding employes engaged In the trsln, switching and signaling service to Indulge In slcohollo drinks while on duty or while waiting to go on duty, has pro duced markedly beneficial results. A Ger man paper says discipline has been bet tered, resistance to superiors and quarrels among equals have decreased. There have been fewer cases of illness attributable to alcoholic excesses, and tha younger em ployes especially have a realising sense of their dangers. Without doubt tha men hava gone to their work fresher and mora capable and have dona their work more carefully and willingly, to the advantage of their own health and safety." At home -or abroad, modern Industry demands clear, head work, and Is thereby a tremendous force for temperance the world oven, In the smaJl Swiss village of Oettnau, in the province of Lucerne, tha piteous cry of the unemployed Is heard without touching a single responsive chord. It comes from one person only, and he is tha locat grave digger. Business with him Is so distinctly bad that ha Is unable to dig up tha price of an advertisement In tha "Help Wanted" column. There ara 000 odd inhabitants In tha villa, so very odd that none of them has given him a Job since June, 1907. He cherished bright hones of activity this winter, but the people obstinately refuse to shuffle off. H holds his post under tha rural council, tor which body ha haa presented his resignation, claiming that he cannot live without the dead, and tha way the people have been hanging on to life' In the laat twenty months Is simply scandalous. In the treaty Just concluded between France and Germany respecting .Morocco, Great Britain, as usual, scores mora srub stantlally than 'the signatory nations. In the original agreement framed up at Algeclraa, France relinquished its right to question tha continued occupation of Egypt by England, removing the laat diplomatio barrier to the permanency of that grip. The preaent treaty restricts French control of Morocco and prevents annexa tion to French Algiers. Germany assumes this to bo si diplomatic triumph Over France, but tha cMef gainer is Great Britain. The treaty neutralises control of northern Africa, prevents the fortification of tha African Pillar of Heroulea Jutting out toward Gibraltar, by a rlvsj power, and leaves tha fortified recumbent lion dominating tha entrance to tha Mediter ranean. So farreachlng and skillful are the fingers of Albion in a diplomatic game that a rew trumps ara sura to coma Its way somehow. POLITICAL DRIFT. -J i ne governor or Missouri, with his gorge ous staff of colonels, ournoaea attending khe Taft Inauguration, provided the colonels successfully undergo a horseback riding test. Twenty miles day for three days Is the task set before them. In order to correct current rennrta nana. tor Stephenson of Wisconsin sends out word that his re-election expenses were $107.- 7SB.OS. as It Is only a couple of thousand dollars more than the amount hitherto re ported the correction Is cheerfully made and appears to be entitled to full credence. Having demonstrated his ability to reduce tha city's expenses tl.OOO.OOO a veer, tha mayor of Boston has been' invited by the city council to sink the ax still deeper and cut out such office bills as S4.B27 for stationery, $5,167 for automobile rentala, ror entertaining guests, and $3,128 for Piano Bargains at Hospe's on Saturday High Grade Pianos put on Bale this Saturday, including Hallet-Davis pianos, Chickering & Sons pianos, Weser Bros, pianos, Wood-Smith, Kimball, Willard, Whitney, Imperial, Burtons and many other pianos. Prices ranging from S14H $106, $188, $215, $250 and $275 S10 Down. S5 Per Month Now is the time to secure bargains.. .Every instrument fully warranted. A. Hospp, 1513 Douglas Street Repre8ntatlv)s for Kranlch QX Bach and Bush (EL Lane Pianos 10 sundry parties. But the mayor cannot sea sny benefit in lopping off perqultlties strictly his own. A stcnogrspher In the Board of Health, department of Boston resigned her Job for tha reason that male members of the bord insist In promoting the health of tha women by hugging them. As tha latter 1 exercise had no perceptible affect on h Ir pay check she paased up the bugs and tha Job. A Missouri statesman rips up the nine foot bed sheet reform scheme and goes it one better. Ife proposes a" law forbidding farmers wearing pink socks and patent leather pumps during harvest Urn a. With admirable sagacity ha Insists that the prevailing color schema makes a legitimate lnduatry take on the appearance of a vaudeville stunt. v Announcement thst Theodora Roosevelt will arrive at Naples tha end of March on his way to East Africa and will re main In Italy eleven days haa been re celved at Rome with great satisfaction. Both the king and tha pope hava ex pressed the desire to meet him. Arrange ments are being made for Mr. Rooaevelt to visit tha earthquake sone. UIGHIMO LINKS. Teacher Who wrote "The Charge of th Light Brigade?" City Boy Tha Gas trust. Chicago Trib une. Cholly He called; you an insignificant little noodle, did heT Fweddy Ya-aa, but I got even with him bah Jove. I wrote him a lettah. signed It "youhs wespectfully" and then scwatched out tha "wespectfully" bah Jove. Chicege Tribune. "She married m dentist and in ftva weeka sued him for nonsupport. According to her petition he wouldn't provide food for her." "Perhap It waan't any part of his busi ness policy to keep her teeth In condition." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Now where did t lay my rat, I wonderT fretted Mrs. Trousseau. "Your er rat?" said her husband. 'Do you mean thai fluffy thing you put on your head?" "Of course!" "I'm sura I don't Vnow, rny'deart but why call It a ratT Rabbit Would be better It would sound mora like real hare."- Lipptnoott's Maaaxlne. "A young man has telegraphed me that he has Just wedded my daughter." "I hope he's a good, practical man. "I guess he la. He wired me, oollect,- Louisville Courier-Journal. "Wouldn't it be nice?' said tha Canary to the Parrot. "What' would be nice 7" queried tha par rot. "If humans would only extend this wire less idea to cages." Baltimore American. THE TIR OF THE TIDB. George Whitman, D. D., In Leslie's Weekly. You may fondle your fame. Ilka a hunter his game. And exult In tha roar and tha rattle. While the multitudes shout, and the cannon blase out The praise of the victor In battlet But the victor will pine when the shoutings subside. And another will ahlne at tha turn of tha tide. You may garner your gain Ilka a farmer his. grain, And boast of your bonds and your money; You may gather your wealth by struggle or stealth, As gathers the bee Its honey; But your money will pall, In tha heat of your pride. And turn Into gall, at tha turn of th tide. You may subjugate men, as swlna to tha pen By the rod of the owner are driven: You may flourish the whip, with a merciless grip. While force to your fingers is given; But your fingers will fall, and the men you deride Shall flourish the flail at tha turn of tha tide. You may prosper through wrong, as tyrant do long. ' X Aha rule Tike a merciless Nero: And the truculent slave for a season may rave Tn praise of his maculate hero; But the tyrant will bleed, when tha Judge shall decide. And the slave shall succeed, at tha turn of the tide. A