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GEORQB B. TZ3CHUCK.
Troaaurar.
' Bubccribed In my nraaanca and aworn to
before mo this Id day of robruary,
(aJ) M. P. WALKER,
Notary Public
WHEN OUT or TOWN.
SmVacrlbara laaviac the olty taa
Botmrllr shoal have The Boo
allo then. Aadrvao vUl ho'
fcomse mm eftea. ao romootodu
I am not discouraged," says Mr.
Bryan. Can the democratic party say wedding. Mrs. Oreen and her daugh
as tnuoh? Iter left their modest aDartments in
Arizona, and New Mexico will have
to wait for statehood, but 'they are
trained Walters.
"Oeronlmo was the worst Indian In
Oklahoma," says ' the New York
Journal. Worse than Haskell?
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Our old friend Edgar Howard may
have forgiven that checkbook cam
paign, but he has not forgotten It.
D'AnnunzIo has Just produced a
Greek tragedy In verse! It should
have a good sale in South Omaha.
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Germany's call for 1,000,000 eggs
may Indicate that the Germans are
expecting a visit from Carrie Nation.
The designers of the pictures on
the , seed catalogues are eligible tq
membership In the nature fakirs club.
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Jfs Boston's turn to howl. A mem-
her of the ways and meant committee
wants to increase the duty On beans.
Other nations may have a bigger
navy, but the United State surely '
has the greatest all-around navy In
the world. v .
tngton la said to be collecting some
concrete fact, to burl against the new
r.mnt rnmt
VVUIWUt V MWVO
"What la the longest roaifr in the
world?" asks a correspondent. From
Falrview, Neb., to the White House I normal conditions. Possibly this at
at Washington, D. C. ' tltude prevented a general breaking
Some of the battleships may be 1
tent to the Pacific coast, but the de- I
partment should leave the mosquito I
fleet 4own New Jersey way. -
The South Dakota legislature has
passed an antl-treatlng law, but South
Dakotana visiting thts section of the
tountry will be treated rlrht.
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A Kentucky court has held that
Bhecks given in payment of a poker
debt are valid. Why not use poker
Chips for emergency currency?
Of course, Jerry Howard never said
. a .w. k. n.v. it
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Ann't ' KaIIov It an AAn In T.lnnrtln
and read the legislative Journal.
T?arn Takahlra aava Jan.n .v
had a thWht of coins- to war with
the United fitatea. Japan Is wiser
than Hobsqn or. the Nevada leglsla-
tur.
William Dean Howells declares tEat
Poo's poems -would not be accepted tn many of the smaller concerns
by any of the first-class magaslnes ot been cutting prices, and even
today. That's one reason we are so tn0M that hay bea ,n for of gen
fond of,Poe. - ' r' co-operation have been compelled
Nebraska wheat growers are con -
tamplatlng an organisation to control
prices, but Mr. Bryan will notice that
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they are not trying to keep wheat oi
m parity wltn-Sliver.
Mr. Carnegie wants the tariff taken
out ot congress and placed In the
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hands of experts. The museums will
effer a big price for the congressman
who does not think he Is a tariff ex-
"""" " """"i.o "w'liiram
ot the City In the event U loses its lltl-
gation with the Omaha Water com-
pany at 7.J .95 S, la figuring It
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xtremely low. Issuing fMOO.OOO In
bondJ would, not Uka.care.oi It,.
Two-Cent Fam ProflUble,
me principal trunk lines operating
the state of Missouri, according to
the re nor t of tha State Railroad rora-
m,..on. MrM, mor, money ppr rae
they charged 3 cents. The report Is
on, nartlal and does not cover the
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earnings on some of the smaller roads,
the state authorities who have been
fighting In the courts to uphold the
ntfare.
It Is notorious that 1908 was one
of the poor years Id the transporta-
., . ,. . . ..
tlon line, while the first ten months
of 107 were the most prosperous in
W'tory. m spite of the gen-
era! business depression throughout
h- c)Hntry tJ- Mrntng8 of th. b)g
nes doing business In Missouri
showed a handsome Increase over the
nrevlous vear.' ' The allowing Is oar-
Ulcnlarly important, as the ruling of
the 2-cent fare law was reserved,
pending a trial and a report by the
railroad companies of their earnings
under the new law.
Hetty Green Good Senie. i
' Humorists and ""near-humorists of
tot' ' lnni about Mrs. Hetty
Oreen, the richest woman In the
wor,I" an1 ner D,unt wy ot refusing
t0 1,va "P t0 tne standards set by
smart society folks, should suppress
tDe,r fn-mk'n" propensities long
enough to give her credit for another
display of her cold, common sense in
the conduct of her daughter's wed-
aing
The newspapers have made a brll-
liant effort to create something of a
sensation of the event. Engagement
I rumors were created and then denied.
I . . i . , . i . . , mm . . , .
coupiea wiin siones to me enect iubi
Mrs. Oreen opposed the match, be
cause of the young roan's poverty, he
being worth only a few millions. All
the time Mrs. Oreen Nwas planning the
event In her own way, outwitting the
newspaper men, as she had often done
before. She told tbem frankly that
she liked the young man, but wanted
to get better acquainted with him and
would make the proper announce
ments when the time came. The an-
nouncement comes in the fact of the
Hoboken. dodged a ran of curious
.ody folks and hoodlums, took a
Unn for B New jersey point, where
I tha mrlin waa onnanmmatoil
"Is not that better than a mob
fighting the police at the church and
a champagne drunk afterwards?"
asked Mrs. Oreen. "Isn't it better for
my daughter and I to be attending to
our own affairs and duties than to be
playing bridge and wearing our lives
and health away as they do In so-
cietyT" Mrs. oreen nas scored on so-
klety "a,n nd ner daughter's, happi-
ness is probably the better assured
for it.
The Steel Corporation Weakens.
- The announcement of a cut in prices
by' the United States Steel corporation
la unquestionably the most significant
event, so far as the commercial and
Industrial worlds are concerned, that
has transpired since the panic of 1907.
it comes as a recognition by the Breat
st Industrial corporation that the nat-
nrti oure f0r a panic is competitive
rediirtloa of ' nrlcna which atlmulntsa
,nd -Bn-,. tn hllB,np
With the opening months of 1908
the Steel corporation refused to make
' hd of thf wporatlon. Judge
" 8Ud ,ethy tat.ment in
whkn he declared that the depression
was to be short-lived and that any cut
of te1 Pr,c,M wou,d on,Jr unsettle
business and retard the return to
up la business and industrial circles,
but railroad managers simply refused
to order new cars and new equipment
at the prices quoted and building
operations were postponed. Begin
ning with the present year, some of
the Independent companies began
I shaving prices and were promptly re-
warded with a rush of business from
all parts of the country. As a result
1 prices on structural steel dronned
from $1.60 to 81.25 a ton, steel bars
declined as much as 14 a ton and all
clMM, of ,tei prfoducU made by the
indenendent companies were reduced
in price and every independent plant
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I uuaiuooa.
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announcing the reduction in ; prices
awiares inai ine hot corporation Das
done tba country a good service by
maintaining prices until the stocks on
"nd "M len dUP0,e To have
I cut prices oeiore mis time would. He
Insists, "nave meant bankruptcy to
multitudes." It appears, however,
to meet the change. Judge Gary con-
1 eludes:
I ,B vUw of drcumatances at at ad
nV, ,u.lth". 'ct th on
I r)nl IhS f I riiA lha vttanlM ft
Uv, d,.po1 f. th, wtnetm
n force at that ttnia have bevn com
puted or taken ' rare of so that tha
nocoaaities for tha .maintenance of prtuea
"!,,rh.K0r?,rlfs "l,l.h'v Wn raod-
Iflad, tha Uadlfis manufacturara of Iron
4nd ,toJ d.termined to protct
their cuatomera. and. for tha present ajt
Uaat. aell at such modified prlcea aa my
mly bo determined upon and the details
concomlng the soma will be given by
tha manufacturers to their ronaumers di-
,rf on "'3rli "v1?
friendly relatione which have existed ba-
tWen tha prtndpoj ma-ufacturar. win
JcoaUoua, and tha Intercourse . betwoca
thm for the purpo of tlvlns and r
rrlvlns Information and the eprelon
of opinions concerning trad condition
will not be abandoned.
The greatest corporation In the
country has finally decided that It can
not nullify the law of supply and de
mand. International Conservation.
Americans Interested In the future
development of the country must feel
gratified at the enthusiasm shown
by Canada and Mexico over the
plans suggested by President Roose
velt -for conserving the natural re
sources of the continent. The "repre
sentative men of Canada to the north
and Mexico to the south fully realise
that nature recognises no natural
boundary lines and the protection of
the resources of the continent must
benefit all three of the countries.
Neither of the three countries can
prosper greatly without the others
showing the benefit and neither can
continue Its devastation of natural re
sources without injuring its neighbors.
The United States Is still a young
nation, but It has burned timber,
wasted water supplies and destroyed
enough other natural resources to
make an ordinary world reasonably
rich. The union of the three govern
ments of North America in this work
is certain to set the pace for a world
conference on the subject, which - Is
one of President Roosevelt's Ideas, to
the end that there may be some fixed
International agreement to prevent
the waste of natural wealth and save
it to Its most economical use.
Who Called the Militia t
It Is due to Sheriff Bralley and to
Chief of Police Briggs of South Omaha
that the public should know that they
had nothing whatever to do with the
recent summoning of the militia after
the riot at South Omaha had all
ceased. The notice to a company ot
militia to assemble and stand In readi
ness for service at South Omaha came
from the governor without any request
or demand whatever from any local
authority, and if the state finds itself
with an expense bill for militia service,
which It turned out was not needed,
the responsibility will iest on the gov
ernor and his adjutant general. What
seventy militiamen would have done in
mob of 8,000 or 4,000 Is problemat
leal, and it Is doubtless fortunate that
they made no appearance on the scene
For future emergencies we venture to
suggest that before issuing orders to
the militia the governor consult with
the local authorities and ascertain If
troops are needed and. it so, how
many.
No Answer.
A few days ago The Bee called at
tention to the fact that under the "lm
mediate and compulsory" purchase act
passed six years ago the Water board
will have no option except to buy the
plant under the proceedings already
begun, unless some further legislation
is had giving the board or some other
body power to negotiate for a settle
ment of the controversy.
The Bee further made public the
current rumor that the members of
the present Douglas delegation In the
legislature are under pledge not to
permit any bill to pass t In any way
modifying the existing law relating to
the Water board's tenure, emoluments
or power.
The fact that no 'measures have
been Introduced at Lincoln either as
separate bills or as part of the charter
amendments touching the law govern-
ng the Water board affords circum
stantial evidence corroborative ot the
supposed pledge exacted from the
Douglas county law-makers. It Is sus
ceptible of proof, toe, that emissaries
speaking for members of the Water
board undertook to get such a pledge
from republican candidates for the
legislature last fall. The fact, also,
that not a word of -denial has come
from a single member of the delega
tion constitutes additional corrobora
t!on and there seems to be no dlsposl
tlon on the part of the Water board
members to release the do-nothing
agreement.
If silence gives consent, then no an
swer in this case must be taken to be
admission of the charge.
Municipal home rule Is a great slo
gan for the democratic fakirs, who
want to use It as a cover to put the
fire and police departments back Into
politics. In the meanwhile they are
Introducing bills down at Lincoln by
which the legislature would prescribe
in detail for all the various minute
questions of city government from
raising the salaries of the faithful on
the payroll to limiting the deposit of
city money to favored banks that come
up to prescription. .This is letting the
people rule. ,
In computing the annual Interest
and tax burden, which the Water
board would throw on the taxpayers
of Omaha at $359,998.37, The Bee has
computed Interest at 4 per cent, when
the probabilities are that the city
would have to pay nearer to 4V4 per
cent. One-half per cent Interest would
add $3(,000 a year and bring the to
tal tax and Interest burden up to
nearly $400,000 a year, without men
tioning occupation taxes foregone.
- Having thoroughly established the
blamelessness of its own members who
set the match to the anti-Greek flare
back in South Omaha, the next step
for the legislature will be to relieve
South Omaha of the necessity of foot
ing the bills tor Its cruel fun.
Talking' about' home rule also re
minds us that the law for the "Imme
diate and compulsory" purchase of
the Omaha water works provided for
a water board made up of six mem
bers appointed by tha governor, vhjch
bill was valiantly championed and de
fended by the supersensitive, World
Herald. It Is said that Governor Willson of
Kentucky will pardon all of the men
charged with complicity In the Ooebel
murder case. This Is of real political
significance, as It will rob the Ken
tucky democrats of the only Issue they
have had for eleven years.
The district court bailiffs are now
asking for 11,200 a year for eight
months' hard work at sitting in the
court room looking wise. Only a few
years ago the bailiffs were glad to
serve for 12 a day, and only for the
days that they worked.
The backers of that teachers' pen
sion bill are Invited to inspect Mr.
Bryan's Commoner, In which he makes
room for a contributor to declare that
'teachers have no more right to pen
sions than their washerwoman."
Proprietors of Washington restau
rants announce that they will charge
only the usual prices during inaugura
tion week. The usual prices are Just
enough to enable the restaurant own
ers to live for another four years.
Talking about home rule reminds
us that South Omaha's parks are still
administered by a park board ap
pointed by seven district Judges, but
one of whom lives in South Omaha.
A Washington dispatch announces
that "Attorney General Bonaparte fa
vors straight whisky." No objection
to him having preference so long as
he keeps out of prohibition states.
Supervisor Coffee of San Francisco
has been arrested on a charge of ac
cepting a $4,000 bribe. Still, It seems
only natural that Coffee should want
a little of the cream and sugar. A
Will the Water board give us a
guaranty that if we vote that $6,600,
000 mortgage on our property It will
cut oft the salaries and perquisites
of those high-priced lawyers?
The Sugar trust is charged with
having cheated the federal govern
ment by using false weights and the
testimony shows that It carried on Its
operations on a large scale.
The German town of Freudenstadt,
population 7,000, collects no taxes, be
cause Its revenues from 6,000 acres of
timber are sufficient for all municipal
purposes. Forestry pays.
Trnet Stylee. v
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
While - the Sugar trust may have had
even waya of welching ausar It has only
one way of charging for It.
Avoiding: Flareback.
Chicago Tribune.
But South Omaha may consider Iteelf
safe from the vengeance of the Greek na
tion. Alexander the Great has been dead
several year..
Plantlag Coagrreaaloaal Seede.
Plttaburg Dispatch.
The congressional distribution of garden
tteda is now In full blast. Those congress
men who have not been re-elected feel (tho
need of hurrying, as In a few days the job
will .be turned over to their successors.
Aa laaprcaslvo Reminder.
Bt. Louis Olobe Democrat.
Mr. Cleveland's portrait is on the ten
dollar gold certificate. When Mr. Bryan
receives specimens In his gate money ho is
reminded that Mr. Cleveland Is still tha
most distinguished democrat of his period.
Isa't a Motor Car a Flyer t
Springfield Republican.
The army signal corps la pained by the
decision of the controller of the treasury
that an automobile la not a balloon, and
that money spent' out of the balloon fund
to buy a car must be refunded. Couldn't
It be shown that the car waa a flyer?
Caa't Leu Farmer Jlaa.
Philadelphia Press.
It might be possible for an admlnlstra
tlon to get along without Secretary Wilson
tn the Agricultural department. But novel
and untried experiments are generally to
bo avoided. No ono Is reckless enough to
hint that Farmer Jim Is unconstitutional.
Blst Stick Boavcalra.
Boston Herald.
President Roosevelt Is reported to be aup
plying members of his cabinet and others
with whom he has 'been cloaely associated
during his administration with fine walk
Ing sticks as souvenirs of their association
with him. They will, be particularly ap
propriate tokens of remembrance, asautn
ing that the stlcka are of the big variety,
Perplexities of tho Uplift.
Baltimore American.
Tho problem of tha hard Ufa of farmers
wives to which President Roosevelt referred
In his message may settle Itself If the pre
cedent established in Ohio Is followed. The
farmers' wives there are suffering no hard
ships for the slmplo reason that tho farm
ers are complaining they can't get any
wlvea, aa the country girls won't marry
them. Hero Is another complication for th
commission for making country Ufa happy
to conalder.
Sapervlaloa of tho Wireless.
Springfield Republican.
Those who favor a government monopoly
of wireless telegraphy should take note
that the first word from the fleet came
from an amateur who had rigged up a mast
on tho coast near Boston. The way to kill
development of the art is to put It Into tha
grip of a bureau. It la noted from Wash
Ington that sentiment In the senate
strongly against the ratification of tho In
ternatlonal convention concerning wlreleaa
which would tend to bar out amateur en
lerprlse.
Inland Navy Yards.
New York Press.
It is Interesting to see that, though the
Maro Island navy yard Is Inaccessible to
battleships and that there la grave doubt
aa to tha poastbllity of Its ever being made
acceaalble ta them, tha eeiiaio naval bill
Increaaed the appropriation for that sta
tion. Senator Perkins has managed to
secure 111,0'JO.OM) tor the "Improvement1
and maintenance of this Island naval sta
tlon In tha last ten years and has pro
duced something practically uaeleas to the
na.vy, however valuable It may bo so a
political asaet to the senator. But why
mention tha Mare Island navy yard es
pecially? There are others In like case, so
that "comparisons are odorous" and so-
l lections Invidious
Around New York
mipplea on tho Carre at of Ufa
as See la tho (treat American
Metropolis from Say to Say.
A statistical compilation on the future
growth of New York In population, based
on raat record of growth, makes tho In
teresting assertion that Manhattan borough
will reach Its maximum growth between
the years of 1K and 1530, with a total ot
2,500,000 people. From 1330 on the popula
tion will decrease, because business houses
will steadily crowd out tha residential
quarters, a process of elimination quite
marked at present What Manhattan Island
111 lose other boroughs of tho greater
clty-ftrlnclpaUy Brooklyn will absorb.
Tho statistician, m consulting engineer.
carries his estimates to 1960, baaing them
on the accurate figures furnished by the
government. Thus he estimates that In
1910 tha population of the entire city will
be 4,810,000. This Increases by decades to
,000,000 in 1930, to 1.500,000 in 1930, to 13,700.-
000 In 1940, and to the enormous population
of 1.SO,O0O In I960. In this latter year he
estimates that Manhattan will have a
total population of tOOO.000. Brooklyn of
,000,000. Bronx of 4,000.000. Queens of 4,000,-
000, and Richmond of 250,000.
I .aura, tho pot macaw of William Simp
son and wife, supplied another strong argu
ment against . tho enrollment of nature
story tellers' In the Ananias club when she
saved tho lives of her master and mistress
and Mrs. Simpson's sister. Miss Hodman,
by giving a timely alarm of fire ono morn
ing last week. When Mrs. Simpson waa
awakened by Laura calling; her name,
Oral Oral" at 1 a. m., she though Laura
was becoming a nuisance and she com
manded the bird to be quiet. It waa then
Laura proved her quality.
Oh. my! There's another fire!" the par
rot shrieked. The Simpsons were so im
pressed by the statement that they got up
to Investigate. Sure enough, smoke was
pouring Into their bedroom over and under
the door. They aroused Miss Hoolman,
and tho three. clambered to the roof. Bo-
fore the firemen came Simpson remembered
the trusty Laura and went back to get her.
Laura, made peevish by the smoke, clawed
and pecked her master severely before he
got her to safety.
Twenty-five canaries Miss Hoolman was
raising were killed by the smoke. Laura
betrayed the workings of a Jealous dispo
sition. "How funny!" she chuckled when
she saw the tiny bodies. .
Dr. Edward J. Robbins, a veterinary sur
geon of Bayshone, L. I., refused to take
ether when he had his appendix removed.
He remained quiet throughout tha. opera
tion, and Just four days after It he drove
five miles to his home. The following day
he was attending to his practice. The case
Is believed to be without a -parallel.
Dr. Robbins drove over bo tho sanitarium
at Brentwood, five miles from his own
home. Dr. Roes and Dr. Haven prepared
to operate, and as the nurse approached
the patient with the ether cone he calmly
waved her aside.
There's nothing the matter with your
heart, old man." Dr. Ross, who is an old
friend, assured htm.
T know It; . but I'm going to eut the
ether out because I want to see the opera
tion," said Dr. Robbins. "You may paint
on a little cocaine, if you wish."
This was done,, and the operation pre
oeeded steadily, without Interruption from
the patjent. whose head was propped up
so he could see every move of the sur
geons. An Interesting feature of the March
"Century" Is a discussion by Frederick
W. Whltrldge, receiver of tha Third Ave
nue Railroad company, . New York, of
Publlo Morality and Street Railways,"
nd the reflex effect of bribery and cor
ruption on the public's attitude toward the
railroads. Mr. Whltrldge relates that when
the pay-as-you-enter care, which make, it
difficult to avoid payment of fares, were
Installed on Fourth avenue, there was an
Immediate Increase in. the travel on Lex
ington avenue, supposed to be made up of
people who resented being called . on to
pay their fares as they entered, and who
desired their old opportunities tq ride free.
When a man, or a woman, of this sort
Is detected, the delinquent often expresses
great Indignation, and a case Is before me
where a passnnger complained of a con
ductor for having demanded his fare.
Three days afterward tho same passenger
again endeavored to beat the same con
ductor, and when the conductor was firm
and said for the third time, "Fare, please."
the passenger said: "Well, you seem to
be a' good man. I don't want to beat you;
I want to beat this blank company. Here's
my card; when you want a Job come and
see me and you shall have It." He was a
contractor, apparently In a large way ot
business, and had not wit enough to sea
that a man whom ho had tried to cheat for
t cents would hardly be likely to trust him
for a week's wages.
With the aid of seventeen husky men,
several length of log cabin, some strong
manlla rope, a piece ot stout scantling, and
two stona boats there was a neat little den
tal operation performed Friday afternoon
upon Big Bill in the Bronx Zoo. Big Bill
Is a crocodile, eleven feet long and weighs
tOA pounds.
Big Bill, about three weeks agd, had a
little personal difficulty with an alligator
four feet long, and, in the heat of the ar
gument, - took the alligator's head la his
mouth and bit two neat, round holes into
his brain. That alligator was still useful
for handbags.
Big BUI showed his dislike for another
small alligator and sent him with one cruel
crunch to the satchel factory. Friday
morning he grew a bit peevish In a mis
understanding with a six-foot alligator.
and bit holes in his brain also, despite
the efforts of Keepers Snyder and Taomey
to make Mm desist.
Curator of Reptiles' Raymond L. Dltmars
was notified, snd to save the lives of the
alligators he decided to shorten Big Bill's
front teeth. So tha seventeen husky men
were called It. Big Bill was roped, yanked
out of the tank, chained to the heavy stone
boats, and rendered helpless.
His Jaws were pried open with a piece of
scantling, and Dr. DUmais got at his front
teeth with a cold chisel, a mallet, and a
file. He knocked all the points off Big
Bill's front teeth and then filled a few
cavities In otber teeth with Portland ce
ment. Then Big BUI was put back In the
tank and all his comradea stood sround
and laughed at him.
Why the Price Tanahlea.
Indianapolis Mews.
As near as It can be figured out, the
Steel tixst proposes to protect lis cus
tomers by reducing prices because the cus
tomers say they will . buy elaewhers If It
doesn't.
Kaaaas City Barglars Shot.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. tt -Caught In
tho act of burg'arlalng tha Kanaaa Mer
cantile company's downtown store here
early today two robbers were shot by H. M.
Oraddock, the proprietor. John Sterner
waa captured mortally wounded. Another
mm said to have been one of Ste.ner's
companions, was located at a hospital to
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PERSONAL NOTES.
W. Bayard Cutting, Jr., Just appointed
secretary of legislation at Tangier, has
been vice-consul at Milan, and Is a son-in-law
of Hamilton John Agmondesham
Cuff e, fifth earl of Deaart.
The Amherst (N. H.) farm on which
Horace Greeley was born Is now owned
by John A. Hanson. An old cradle In
which Horace Greeley may have been
rocked was sold not long ago for 110 to
Rev. Dr. F. M. Clendlnen. his son-in-law.
Pat Crow bobs up occasionally In Chicago
as a reformed kidnaper In the role of
preacher and exemplar for derelict boys.
At a recent exhibition of the reformed re
former, Pat divided oratorical honors with
Fannlo Woodmansee, who Is given credit
by the newspapers with having "rescued
Pat Crow."
Among the Lincoln relics In Tacoma,
Wash., is a valise carried by Lincoln
more than fifty years ago on his debating
tour In Illinois with Stephen A. Douglas.
It Is a plain box split In two and covered
wath black cowhide leather, with thin
iron bands thickly studded wtth large
headed tacks like buttons.
Tuesday of last week was election day
In Berwick, Pa. It waa also Peter Keek's
hundredth birthday. He went to the polls
In an automobile (his first ride of the
sort) and voted the7 straight republican
ticket. "His eldest daughter Is 80," ' says
the dispatch, "and there are living seven
children, twenty-four grandchildren, thirty
great-grandchildren and four . great-greatgrandchildren.
Once when Thomas B. Reed was with
the late Senator Wolcott of Colorado, and
Joseph Choate, Mr. Choate, when aaked to
take a drink, said that he never drank,
never smoked to excess, and never gam
bled In his life. Wolcott, who waa a sin
ner In every one of these lines, looked pa
thetically at Reed and said: "I wish I
could say that." "Say It," said Reed.
"Choate did."
President Obaldia of the republto ot
Panama, has-a unique record of adventure
and romance. A brakeman on the Panama
railroad, In the day1 when tha fever and
the scorpions of the jungle were piling up
an annual death list of one man tn every
five from the company's payroll; a cow
boy on a Mexican ranch, where he who
shot best and shot first was the victor in
all points of dispute; these were the early
stepping stones of his career, leading fin
ally through the fortunes of revolution to
the governorship of the province of
Panama.
THE PIIKSIDEMT'S HOINDIT. '
Closing- Impetus to the Sqaare Deal
Policies.
Kansas City Star.
In a splendid and admirable way Presi
dent Roosevelt Is rounding up, so far as
possible, the primary policies of his ad
ministration. He has set In motion great
things that are still progressive, some of
which will continue to progress, it Is hoped,
throughout the life of the nation. And
now that he la about to retire from the
presidency he is doing his utmost to give
these movements as much new impetus as
his Influence can furnish.
The president has just submitted to con
gress a new and special report on the
Panama canal, together with a message
setting forth the present status of that
great project. He has received and trans
mitted the report of his Farm Life com
mission, together with one of tha most Im
portant messages he has ever written. The
first meeting and report of hts national
conservation commission will soon be fol
lowed the report of the continental com
mission, composed of delegatea from Mexi
co, Canada and the United States. And to
complete the scope of his conservation pur
poses he will call an International commis
sion to be held at The Hague, the Informal
approval of which call he has already re
ceived from the principal powers.
Each nation owes It to Itself and to
civilisation to safeguard its natural re
sources. Therefore, esch nation, because
of Its obligations to civilisation and hu
manity in general, should be ready to co
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operate with other nations In such Inter
national policies aa may be helpful to all
without being injurious to any. In such a
mcetlnn tho nations may leain much from
one another. The United States will be an
especial beneficiary, for It may learn much
more than It can hope to teach. It Is the
richest and the most wasteful of nations.
It has much to learn from those people who
have had to conserve their natural wealth.
Incidentally, though scarcely less poten
tially, the good of the world would be
promoted by such a conference through
the mere fact ot meeting, conferring and
co-operating; for whatever brings nations
Into common undertakings makes for In
ternational tolerance, peace and security.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
She Is It true that Miss Blank Is going
to marry the prince?
He Br well, they have Issued a denial
of the atory, wntch contradicted the report
as to the falsity of the rumor that thu
account was untrue. Brooklyn Life.
"Pa, will you please tell me what a
financial genius Is?"
A financial genius, ray child, Is a man
who can spend money that he has never
had and which people who think they
are getting' will never see." Chicago
Record-Herald.
"Jiames." protested the father, "what
do you mean by boring holes Into that
big tree?"
"Father, I'm a ' benefactor," said the
boy giving his augur a few more vicious
turns, "I'm making knot holes In bas
ball fences for poor boys." Puck.
Nero had Just ordered the burning of
Rome.
"I got my Idea from the Janitor," lit
explained. "11 always gives us plenty
of steam the first warm days." -
Thus did he humbly follow In the foot
steps oi the great tyrant. Llppincott x
Mugasine.
Ha (pedantically) Can you think of jny
large body or class of men with uniform
tendencies.
8he (flippantly) Certainly. There's Hit;
army. Baltimore American.
The rising statesman on his wedding
tour was resisting the scenes of his chilu
hood. "This, my dear," he said to his bride, ''is
the old homestead where 1 was born. Do
you see that ancient log cabin?''
"Yes."
"You have no Idea what strange emotion
fill me when I look at that little cabin.
Myrtllla. 1 I wasn't born In It, you know. '
Chicago Tribune.
"Use the side door," roared the. gutml
of the New York subway train.
"All righ. young feller," replied thu
stranger from the west of llouokun. "1
kin use It all right I'm from a 'dry',
town." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Since Mauds engagement had bright
and happy she looks.'' ' , '
"Yes, it takes a match to light up a
girls face." Boston Transcript. ,if n ,
"Are you the proprietor of this restau
rant?" "I am."
"Well. I want to make a complaint
against my waiter. He spilled - a' plate
of soup all over my wife's dress."
"And did he want to charge you for th
full portion, air?" Yonkers Statesman.
THE COUNTRY UPLIFT.
Artnur cnapman in xeiivcr w.h"
Sence the Country Life commission oallet
upon our rival town
There's a heap of old-time notions thai'!
nevermore go down.;
We've cut out the type of rancher and ot
all types he's the worst
Who thinks thst lrrlgatin' meant
a-quanchln' of his thirst.
We have told our shootln' sheriff of our
back-to-natur' needs.
And he's used the hoe, promisc'us, on
our growth of human weeda;
We, have closed the gamblln' places, and
- the goodbye sign we. slips
To the youth whose springtime fancy
lightly turns to poker chips.
We have had a hoss thief raisin', and the
neighbors all agree
That a more upllftin' session this here
place will never aee;
And we've painted, sence we started, aev'ral
pairs of high-heeled booln.
All the pairs contalnln' Trilbies of our
gun-flghtln' galoots.
Bo we've put our hid In heavy for fret
seeds from Uncle Sam,
And we're 'goln' to have a college and an
lrrlgatin' dam;
We'll ahow m that for farmln' that is
selenced and way up
Cactus Center's got the deadwood on
that meaaley Spotted Pup,