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    THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1909.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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WHEN OCT OF TOW.
abserlbera leaving the ctfy tesa
Borarlly ah on 14 have Tata Ban
mailed ta them. AaAraaa will bo
South Omaha VI 11 discover later
that a Greek Is a better asset than a
mob. v
With a mass of business on hand,
congress must regret the time It
wasted In December.
V
Still, the country may be disap
pointed with Mr. Taft If he falls to
quarrel with congress.
Wonder how President Roosevelt
will put In the time between daylight
and noon next Thursday?
r Strange how some of the grocers
were, so slow, In learning about the
big drop in the price of eggs.
It was perhaps natural that Mr.
Taft should go to Nashville, the scene
of hostilities, to geta secretary of
war. - .
"Lying Is a monumental vice," says
a Philadelphia minister, who must
have been reading the proceedings in
congress.
It begins to look rt though Senator
Hopkins would learn how it feels to
be lying just outside the breastworks
on March 4. 4
There Is still time for congress to
appoint a commission to inquire into
the plans for raising the Maine. Con
gressmen enjoy Junkets.
"We admire Washington for Ms
sticking quality." says Editor Hearst,
who refuses to admire Mr. Roosevelt
tor his blgstlcking quality.
The legislature ought to adopt a
rule by which members Introducing
bills "by request" would be required
to state by whose request.
Democrats will be frightfully disap
pointed if those seven lawyers In Mr.
Taft's cabinet, break precedents by
agreeing on important questions.
A Philadelphia citizen was robbed
of $200 while visiting the city hall.
Those folks around the Philadelphia
city ball do not work' for their health.
The London suffragettes are. now
writing A flood of letters to the mem
bers of Parliament. They realize that
thoy can not get suffrage without mall
aid. -
With . Council Bluffs and South
Omaha getting so much free advertis
ing In the dispatches. It behooves
Omaha to do something to get on the
map again.
Now If they will follow up the Ore
gon plan with a formal demand for
the election of president by direct vote
of the people there will be some con
sistency In it.
"Street ear straps are loaded with
microbes." says a Columbia university
professor. A college professor should
be more careful about calling people
names like that.
Mr. Bryaa is now for the Initiative
and referendum, bat be forgot to put
It itt the Denver platform. We thought
be was bound by the Denver platform
both as to what it contained and what
It omitted. ' ' '
The World-Herald announces thaA
tt la ready to pronounce an eulogy at
the adjournment of the present session
or the legislature on "the best legisla
tes In the history of Nebraska."
Never write obituaries until the sub
ject U dead.
The Postal Saving! Juggle.
The postal savings bank Mil as
mended by the senate committee on
postofflces and post roads fortunately
bss no chance of being passed at the
present session of congress, and
should not be passed at any time. The
amended measure has been framed to
meet the wishes of the big banks of
New York and the east, and is in di
rect conflict with all of the original
plans and Ideas embodied In the meas
ure. The new bill makes It possible to
take all the deposits from postal sav
ing banks throughout the country and
place them In the United States treas
ury at Washington, and from that
point either redeposit them in such
banks as may be selected or invest
them In a wide range of corporation
securities. The bill creates a Board
of Control to be composed of the sec
retary of the treasury, the attorney
general, the postmaster general and
two members to be appointed by the
president. This board Is to have dis
cretionary power over the Investment
by the government of the funds in
postal savings banks. The amended
bill Is said to have the endorsement
of Senator Aldrich and the approval
of the financial Interests in New York.
The original bill provided that the
government should pay 2 per cent In
terest to depositors In postal banks
and authorized the postmaster general
to redeposit the money at 24 per
cent Interest In the national banks
nearest the postofflce where it was
taken In. If no national bank was
willing to pay the interest required.
the postal authorities were authorized
to invest the deposits In municipal,
county or state bonds. The purpose
of this provision was to keep the
money in the districts in which it was
deposited and in circulation through
the regular banking channels, the gov
ernment credit being pledged to the
payment of the deposits as called for
by the owners.
The amended measure is one of the
most dangerous financial propositions
that has been offered. The country
has seen Wall street drain the money
from all sections through the national
banks, and the Aldrtch scheme would
operate as an additional drain to take
the savings of the small property own
ers and wage earners and convey them
to the coffers of the Wall street man
ipulators. It Is unfortunate that the
controversy over the disposition of
the funds should delay the establish
ment of the sorely-needed postal de
pository system, but It were better to
have the legislation killed than to pass
It In the plan proposed in the new sen
ate substitute.
Beally Funny.
It is really funny to see how the
twin organs of the Water board are
squirming over the recent water works
developments brought about by the
popular demand for legislation vesting
authority somewhere to formulate a
compromise proposition for submission
to the people and by the resolution of
the Water board asking that $6,500,
000 of bonds be voted to enable it to
complete the purchase at the apprais
ers' price of $6,263,295.49. On one
side there is a boost for the bonds and
on the other a howl of protest against
giving the Water board the tremen
dous power to negotiate a settlement
of differences. If the Water board is
not to be trusted to deal with the own
ers of the water works subject to pop
ular veto, how can It be trusted to
handle $6,500,000 of real money and
manage a water plant with an annual
Income and outgo of several hundred
thousand dollars?
It Is also really funny that anyone
should assume that the owners of the
water works would object to -the vot
ing of the $6,500,000 of bonds. It
the present owners should hesitate to
turn over the water plant to the city
in exchange for $6,263,295.41 in cur
rent coin, the unanimous verdict would
be that they were crasy and no one
has accused them of being anything
but shrewd and calculating business
men. We have no doubt that the
owners of the water works would con
tribute liberally to a pot to carry the
$6,600,000 bonds, if It Insured them
getting $6,2.61,295.49 of it, much more
gladly than they are now paylng'out
big lawyers' fees to try to force the
city to take the property at that price
by court judgment.
It is true that "somebody, some in
terest," is behind the movement to get
the water works litigation adjusted on
some reasonable basis. The "some
body, some interest" is the great body
of Omaha's tax-paying citizens, who
are tired beyond patience of the bun
gle of "Immediate compulsory" pur
chase, the waste of over $200,000 of
their money by the Water board, with
nothing to show for It, and the obsta
cle to Omaha's growth from Inability
to get needed extensions and Improve
ments pending the water works litiga
tion. Making Ssilors by Law.
The revived ship subsidy bill, which
Its promoters Insist has a splendid
chance of passing before the end of
the present session of congress, Is in
some respects about as pretty a piece
of humor as has been committed to
writing in many a day. It places all
kinds of restrictions upon the manner
la which ships shall be built, what
tbey may carry and how they shall
be operated, in violation of all laws
of trade and competition, and then
makes rules for the composition of
the crews that are nothing short of
ridiculous.
The bill provides that one-half of
the crews shall be Americans and that
one American boy must be carried as
en apprentice for each 1,000 tons of
the ship's register. This is a proposi
tion to revolutionize the shipping
business and the habits and tastes of
Americans by legislation. The crews
of the merchant marine of the world
are not Americans, and It would be
decidedly interesting to see how con
gress could enforce its provision in
that respect if the American boys
should decide that they did not want
to go to sea. Men ran not be forced
to follow occupations that they do not
want U follow and a home-loving peo
ple can not be changed to a sea-taring
nation by ship subsidy laws.
Far Over the Billion..
Apparently the billion-dollar con
gress has become a fixture. The ap
propriations for 1908 amounted to
over $t, 008, 000. 000 and the money
carrying bills that have been passed or
shaped for passage before congress
adjourns next Thursday will bring the
total appropriations for next year up
to about $1,040,000,000, or about
$32,000,000 in excess of those of last
year. This action has been taken by
congress in face of the knowledge of
a deficit so large that it has eliminated
the issue of protection from tariff re
vision and has rendered the Dingley
bill a revenue bill instead of a protection-measure,
and in face of the
further fact that the country is ap
parently faced with the necessity of
resorting to bond issues to maintain
the government in times of peace.
The army appropriations for the
next year will exceed those of 1908
by about $7,000,000, the navy by
$14,000,000, the rivers and harbors
bill by $10,000,000 and the sundry
civil bill of about $16,000,000, and
these increases have been offset by de
creases in only a few of the depart
ments. None of these Increases have
been fought, and there has been prac
tically no charge that the government
has ben extravagant. The congress
has been going on the theory that the
expenditures are necessary for the
conduct of the government's business
and the development of federal enter
prise in various directions, and so long
as the country has failed to protest
the members of congress have not
deemed it necessary to take the Initia
tive In paring down appropriations.
The result of this liberality by con
gress but serves to emphasize the se
riousness of the problem with which
the Taft administration will have to
deal in raising revenues to meet the
great and growing expenses of gov
ernment. The treasury surplus, now
about $100,000,000, will be nearly. If
not entirely wiped out at the end of
the present fiscal year in June, and
there Is little prospect that the In
crease in customs and internal reve
nues will be sufficient to produce reve
nue to meet the obligations already
contracted by congress for the next
fiscal year. It will be necessary to
create new sources of income, either
by levying stamp taxes or making
some provision for taking care of fixed
expenses by bond issues. The real big
task he new administration will
be to evolve workable plans of fiscal
leglr'tlon and put them Into law aB
promptly as possible.
Seeking New Forage Planti.
Prof. Niels Ebbesen Hansen of the
South Dakota College of Agriculture
has Just returned from a remarkable
Journey which he took under the di
rection of the Department of Agricul
ture at Washington in search for
plants, grains and grasses suitable for
transplanting in the colder and in
some of the semi-arid regions of this
country. Prof, Hansen spent nearly
a year In northern Russia and pene
trated beyond the Arctic circle In his
search for wild grains, grasses and
plants suitable for domestication In
civilized lands and he returns with
250 different kinds of foreign seeds
that may be adapted to our varying
soils and climates.
One of the professor's finds was the
seed of aa alfalfa clover which he
found growing beyond the Arctic cir
cle. The plant will withstand tem
peratures which freeze the mercury
and will grow luxuriantly on the
farms In the northwestern states. Its
hardy character. It Is believed, may be
transmitted to the strains of wild and
cultivated species of alfalfa from four
continents now growing In this coun
try, out of which it Is hoped that a
variety comprising the best character
istics of each may be evolved In an
ideal forage plant.
It has long been the dream of Sec
retary Wilson of the Department of
Agriculture to discover or develop a
forage plant that will grow on the arid
soil of the west where Irrigation Is im
possible. The development of such a
plant would do much to solve the
range problem and would add millions
to the agricultural wealth of the na
tion each year. Prof. Hansen has al
ready done much in this direction, and
bis new plants may go further toward
meeting a long-standing need.
A Texas legislator has introduced a
bill requiring all lobbyists to carry
whistles, which they must blow to
announce their coming in hotels, the
corridors of the capitol and other
places where lawmakers most do con
gregate. Evidently the lawmakers
want to know it when the lobbyists
are around shedding arguments and
coin.
The Houston Post Is talking about
the "balmy Jonqulllscent atmosphere"
of Texas. Sounds good, but we are
preparing for a little dandelionlsed at
mosphere of our own.
"What is the most wholesome
diet?" asks a writer on the woman's
page. The question should be re
ferred to Mr. Taft and Dr. Wiley, who
have tried them all.
The loud-voiced state senator who
asks, "Aren't yon willing to trust the
people?" sidesteps quickly at the sug
gestion of trusting the people with any
legislation affecting the Pullman com
pany or the stock yards.
"Where are the houses of yester
day?" asks the Chicago Tribune.
Can't answer for the Chicago houses,
but the Omaba houses of yesterday are
being torn down or removed to make
room for larger ones.
Mr. Roosevelt's license to hunt in
Africa authorizes him to shoot every
thing In sight. Reactionary congress
men and malefactors of great wealth
will do well to keep out of Africa for
a year or so.
District Attorney Jerome has made
his peace with Tammany and will be
a candidate for re-election on the dem
ocratic ticket. It will then be dis
covered If he has made his peace with
the people.
Why should men who lay claim to
standing and respectability grace with
their presence a free feed gotten up by
a bunch of notorious political grafters
for revenue purposes only?
Andrew Carnegie's fatal mistake
seems to have been In giving $10,000
to the republican national campaign
fund Instead of to the democratic na
tional campaign fund.
Greatest War Preventive.
, Wall Street Journal.
National bankruptcy Is now the great
weapon In the hands of peace, and tends
to become an Increasingly powerful Instru
ment. State I.lnea on the Map.
New York Herald.
The supreme court upheld the power of
Louisiana to regulate telephone charges
and of Arkansas to fine corporations that
break Its trust law. Tha atate Unea are
not yet erased from the map.
Distorting Easiness.
New York World.
While the New York Central fine of 108,
000 for rebating to the Sugar trust stands,
the Sugar trust Itself must pay 1160,000 for
cheating In weight In paying duty. This
"annoying of honest business men" Is get
ting very bad very bad.
l.lnroln'e Head for m Oat.
Boston Herald.
The head of Lincoln on the new cant
piece which la to be minted by the gov
ernment la the result of loving atudy of
Lincoln's life and features by a gifted
New Tork artist whoaa designs of thla
kind, for medals and coins, have given
him an International reputation. Not
many years ago he was a Russian, long
ing for life In the free republic. Some
of the finest studies of Lincoln, poetical
and plastic, that have recently been made
have been the product of men from the
newer races now settling In this country.
Hooeier Hide Nailed I p.
ioulsvllle Courier-Journal.
Poor Hemenway of Indiana not only
must leave the I'nited States senate, but
he must have his akin securely nailed to
the door of the White House. The presi
dent most dexterously and thoroughly per
formed that job In his letter to Senator
Hale attacking the report made, by Senator
Hemenway in ep'portv of tha limitation of
the secret service,' against tha president's
recommendation. And In taking the pelt of
the Indianhvn our Mighty Hunter at the
same time took that of many another of
the Indlanian'a colleagues In both branches
of congress.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Another of New York's crooked lawyers
has been caught with the goods on and
sent over the road for a year.
One estimate of the total cost of the
fleet's cruise around the world comes from
the Boston Transcript, which says 0.000,000.
A Milwaukee Judge holds that fourteen
Inches behind and nine Inches In front Is
too high for a woman to hold her skirts
on a wet creasing. What the correct height
la the court declined to aay.
John V. B. Hatfield, thirty years ago
known from the Atlantic to tha Pacific aa
one of the greatest base ball players of
the day, died of heart failure In Long
Island City. He played ball In the days of
the old EckfordS and the Mutuala, but
enthusiasts of the present generation know
Mm chiefly as the man with the record
for long-distance throwing. He waa U
years old.
The London postofflce accepted two suf
fragettes addressed to tha premier's resi
dence, prepaid, and promptly dispatched
tha two women In the care of a telegraph
messenger. Mr. Aaqulth's servants refused
to accept delivery of two women aa mall
matter, and the police quickly cleared the
women out of Downing street. Now the
question between the postofflce and the
police is In regard to the liability for two
packegea lost In the malls
JOBS FOR LAME DICKS.
C'omm leal Ana to Provide I'laree for
Defeated Member.
Washington Letter In New York Tribune.
The leaders of the two houses of congress
are making energetic efforts to care for
the "lame ducks." the term given those
members who failed of re-election. The
most effective means of accomplishing this
end will be the creation of commissions on
which those members who fell outside the
breastworks can serve. The monetary
commission will be used to care for Senator
Teller and Representative Overstreet. Mr.
Teller has done excellent work on thla
commission, axd the members are anxious
to retain his services. Mr. Overstreet will
be retained on the ground that he is an
expert on poatal affairs, and that therefore
his services will be valuable In connection
with such phasea of the work as may have
to do with postal savings banks, funds, etc.
Senator Hemenway will be made, the head
of a commission to Investigate further the
secret service and to report to congress
such changes aa It may be advisable to
make In the statute to provide for an ade
quate government detective force. This haa
been the purpose of the senate leaders all
along, and the reporta that Mr. Hemenway
waa considered for the Taft cabinet and
rejected at the behest of President Roose
velt are wholly without foundation. The
proposition to add two members to the
Interstate Commerce commission provides
places for 'Representative "Pete" Hepburn,
author of the railway rate law, and for
some other member of the house.
A prohibition commission which It la pro
posed to create will probably provide places
for Senator Hanabrough, and a number of
representatives who failed of re-election.
It la propoaed to confide to thla commission
a thorough Investigation of tha extent of
the power of congreaa to control the traffic
in liquor through the Interstate commerce
clause of the constitution, an Investigation
of the affects of tbe aaie of liquors aa re
lated to crime, financial prosperity, etc.
Washington Life
Tbe Inaugural Crowd, What It
Will Ooet, Tears of Betlred Preat
Seats, and a Buddlmf Btatesaaaa.
All roads lead 11 Washington these days,
and every train headed that way during
the next sixty hours will carry loads thit
will tickle the passenger departments. In
flate Pullman dividends and stretch por
ters' smiles from ear to ear. It la ex
pected there will be a crowd of 100,000
visitors In the city by Thursday noon.
Two-thirds of the number come from
nearby cities visitors who may come and
Si on the same day the balance from dis
tances requiring a day or more to make
the round trip. The city Is now ready
for the crowd. The court of honor In front
of the White House Is practically com
pleted; the presidential stand, where Mr.
Taft will take his place to review the
parade, the great public stands opposite,
the stand at the cnpttol where the Inaugu
ral ceremony will take pltwe, and the hun
dreds of stands lining Pennsylvania ave
nue and adjacrnt streets, are In various
stages of completion.
With the exception of S5.00O worth of
fireworks to be shot off. the following
figure, computed by the New York Tlmea,
comprise the bill the participants will pay
for viewing the Inauguration show:
Railroad fare $t,COO,tvin
Pullman fares jm'ow
Bxtra trains l.Oinoon
Board sno.003
Lodging IW.Ofn
Reserved seats Wrtnno
Windows M.foo
Pension office loaa loo.nno
Ten thousand bull tickets IW.Onj
Blind concert tickets av
Illumination and decoration 40,nor
Building wests 40 00
K-xtra pollofl protection Sfi.tVO
Street faktrs lOO.ono
Flrewirks 5,yt
Capitol seats f, w
West Point cadets g mo
Total
15,007,000
Mr. Roosevelt looks forward to a life
of characteristic strenuoslty after his re
tirement from the White House. He ha
mapped out a program of activity which
will keep him busy for several years.-'Snd
he says that he expects to maintain his
Interest In public affairs for a lone; time to
come. Theodore Roosevelt will be one of
the youngest presidents to quit the White
House. The average period of life of his
predecessors aYter their retirement was
twelve years and ten months. The follow
ing list la Interestlrg as showing the subse
qutnt history of the men who have occu
pied the. exalted office of president:
George Washltgton lived two years and
nine months after tetlrement.
John Adams lived twenty-five years and
three months.
Thomaa Jefferson lived seventeen yeara
and three months.
James Madlaon lived nineteen yeara and
three months.
James Monroe lived six years and four
months.
John Qulncy Adama lived nineteen years
and served in the house of represents
t'ves. Andrew Jackson lived eight years and
thrte months.
Martin Van Ruren lived twenty-ona
years and four months.
William Henry Harrison died precisely
one month after his Inauguration, April
4, 1641.
John Tyler lived seventeen years after
his retirement.
James K. Polk lived three months.
Zachary Taylor died In office, sixteen
months after hla inauguration.
Millard Fillmore lived twenty-one years
after hla retirement.
Franklin Pierce, twelve yeara and seven
months.
James Buchanan, six years and eleven
months.
Abraham Lincoln dlrd In office.
Andrew Johnson lived six yeara and four
montha after retirement, and aerved a
portion of a term In the United States
senate.
LT. S. Grant lived eight years snd four
months after retirement.
Rutherford B. Hayes, eleven years and
eleven months.
James" A. Garfield died four months after
hla Inauguration.
Chester A. Arthur survived one year and
eight months after retirement.
Qrover Cleveland, ten yeara and aeven
months.
Benjamin Harrison, eight years.
William McKlnley died Irt office.
Representative Macon of Arkansas, a
small, but concentrated personality con
cealed In the house of representatives, has
been distinguishing himself these laat few
weeks Mr. Macon evidently haa long
been nourishing an ambition which only
recently reached the blossoming stage, re
lates the Washington Star. Without warn
ing, without official Intimation, without
in fact, anything at all that might serve
to lessen the shock, he suddenly emerged
from the profound gloom of Arkansas ob
scurity which had enveloped him like a
I,ondon fog up to that time and began to
object to things. With the example before
him of the sudden rise to fajne of Repre
sentative Mann of Illinois, who now weara
a leather medal as the greatest objector of
them all. Mr. Macon undoubtedly, after
mature deliberation, picked out that broad
and easy way to the pleasant heights.
Drawing himself up to his commanding
height of 4 feet inches, Mr. Macon got
on the Job, and he la still on tt. Ha showa
no algna of wcarlnesa.
"Mlktah Spoakah." he aaya, in the hon
eyed accents of Arkansaw, "Ah have no In
fohmatlon on the subject of what the mis
guided gent on niiih left la trying to put
over the plate on thla distinguished If
somewhat unlntellectual body, but, on
principle, I am constrained to object."
Or perhapa he rises and remarks: "Mis
tah Speakah, I am about to make a p int
of ohdah against the gent from Maine.
Hla proposition cannot have merit because
he is a Yank."
The papers are beginning to discuaa Mr.
Macon, and Itle face shines mora like the
morning sun each passing day. Mr. Macon
la destined to rise.
1 pllf t of Ona Marphy.
Philadelphia Record.
Ex-Governor Murphy of New Jersey
wishes that a tax of ll'O a head were levied
upon every foreigner aeeklng to earn a liv
ing In this country. He would also pro
hibit the Immigration of all people who are
Incapable of apeaklng and reading the Eng
lish language. It la barely possible that
had this head tax been Impoaed upon the
Immigrants In a former generation the
honest and Industrious ancestors of tha ex
governor would have been prevented from
landing on theae ahores. Then the country
would have been deprived of a native Mur
phy. Oat paelaaaa of Hoaae Rale.
Boston Herald,
avth Omaha being an Interior town and
the Missouri being unnavlgabla there Is no
danger of bombardment by the Greek navy,
and a war scare la unlikely. But the riot
ing around the packing houeea serves ones
more to direct attention to the logical work-lug-out
of the theory of "home rule."
ri.OATIM PAI.At Rt Or SB A.
ferfeetlea of Laaary of Oresa Travel
Temptlas; to Laadlabbera.
The luxury of oceun travel haa reached
such a stats of perfection that land-bred
and timid passenger may almost delude
themselves into thinking that they are
still on shore, when they are In the middle
of the ocean.
When the luncheon bugle sounds you gn
In to tidy your hair. The sun Is shlnlnir In
through your window, or, at least, on of
the windows, for there are two In your
drawing room, one In the bath room, and
one In the bedroom beyond. Your draw
ing room which might be In the Ponce de
Leon, St. Augustine, or lh Winter Pulace,
Nice, for all the resemblance It boars to a
ship's cabin is furnished In old gold and
white. A soft carpet of old gold, a sofa
piled luxuriantly with curhlons. sevornl
chairs, a table, a wonderfully equipped
desk, on which rvsts a drop light, are nt
your disposal. Tou atop a moment to ad
mire the hangings, which are embroidered
with drooping wistaria In faint green. An
oil portrait of the kaiser hangs in one
end, and several exquisite little etchings
break the apace between the windows snd
door. An electric grate fire, with a genuine
mantel, lends an air cf spnclousncsa to the
room. You notice that your gowns have
been hung In one closet and your blousea
In another, and that shoes, slippers, um
brella, etc., have been carefully stowed
away in places provided for them.
The third day out, If the weather la fine.
Is the soolal height of the trip. The ship's
types are by this time all fully developed.
Tha bridge fiends have become known to
each other, and they never leave their
game except for meals. There Is the usual
contingent that each morning comva
around to tell you how early they were cn
deck. You have stood at the prow and
watched the schools of dolphins lumping
straight for the ship, you have rushed
excitedly to the rail to watch a passing
steamer with which the Amerika exchanges
salutes by running up Innumerable little
flags, and you have marveled at the land
birds that always follow the ship serosa,
and perhaps you ark the steward to set out
somo fresh water and a plate of crumbs
for them.
If you rnjoy spontaneous vaudeville, the
hour In the ship's gymnasium will be your
regular - rendezvous every morning, and,
aside from the fun which you will have
In watching the others perform unaccus
tomed stunts on the frisky camel, the spir
ited horse, or with the vibrators, you will
receive direct benefit from the exercises,
which are the best thing to be recom
mended for the maintenance of aea legs.
Leslie's Weekly.
HERO OF A Bt.lK FAIL IRK.
Mlaaoarlaa Revoapa Depositors for
Louei Dae to Hla eglet.
There Is an enormous amount of heroism
In this world which Is never heard of.
The captain who went down with his ship
the other day waa In everybody's mind.
Many other captalna do brave things that
are not noticed. Something has occurred
recently In private life In Missouri which
shows real heroism and ought to be so rec
ognised.
The National Exchange bank of Spring
field; Mo., was wrecked by mismanage
ment. It waa closed by the comptroller.
Its president waa L. 8. Meyer, a Spring
field miller, who did not give personal at
tention to the bank. As soon aa the fail
ure occurred Mr. Meyer did give attention
to the bank and. after only a short delay,
came forth with the money to pay all de
positors and open a new bank in the place
of the old one.' The loas to be sustained by
him and his Immediate associates who fur
nished the new money will probably be not
lees than $300,000.
It ta safe to aa.y that Mr. Meyer wUI give
the new bank which he haa established,
the Merchants National, the closest possi
ble scrutiny, snd It Is safe to say that the
depositors of the old bank who have been
so splendidly protected by Mr. Meyer, will
take pains to make a practical demonstra
tion of their confidence In him hereafter. It
is understood that Mr. John F. Meyer of
St. Louts stood with Mr. L. 8. Meyer In
producing the new money. We congratu
late these gentlemen and the banking pro
fession generally, and Springfield In par
ticular on the happy outcome of this affair.
Kanaaa City Journal.
Right of Trasta.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Impression that, under the recent
ruling of the federal supreme court, debts
due to a trust are not collectable, Is cor
rected In a supplementary statement by the
oourt, which seta forth that tha debts to
which its ruling referred are simply surh
as are Incurred ss part of an Illegal con
tract. This explanation disposes of an
Illusion which reflected by no means fa
vorably upon the judiciary. While the
trusts are unpopular. It is manifest that aa
long as they are tolerated by law any rul
ing that would divest them of the normal
rights enjoyed by corporations would In
flict gross injustice. The present state
ment from the supreme court is, therefore,
a necessary vindication.
Warship Without Funnels.
Boston Transcript.
The warship without funnels has come In
the British Indefatigable, which will be
propelled by Internal combustion engines.
The warship without guna will come with
the mtllenlum. Meanwhile those who be
lieve that a great navy la the surest guar
antee of pence, will feel encouruged by Ad
miral Goodrich's prediction that men now
living will aee a 40,000-ton battleship under
the American flag.
A Refreshing Change.
Baltimore American.
The picture of a hearty and healthy
Uiinded young American, rich, but not
disdaining or afraid of work, wooing and
winning an aristocratic English bride
While In his factory overalls la quite a
refreshing contrast to the degenerate and
Impecunious titled fortune hunter, look
ing on working for his living aa a dis
grace, and peddling hla cornet to any
American heiress foolish enough to buy It.
Silver aa tae T.bog.an.
New York Presa.
Poor old silver dollar! With the price
of the metal very close down to the low
eat price It hai ever sold, the Intrinsic
value ef the silver coin Is aa low or lower
than ever. before In Its history, being now
just over 40 cents. Meanwhile the out
put of the gold mines continues to In
crease, the latest record being at the top.
New Method of "Dry Farming.
Minneapolis Journal.
John a. WoolU-y, who has left the prohi
bition party, la said to have been disgusted
because of the peculiar hietlioda of the prn
fesslunal prohibitionists who have fastenid
on the party for purposes of revenue only.
This must be Hie "dry farming-' we are
now heating) about.
Whera tha Coloaels Fell Daw a.
New York Hun.
H may be judged from the experience
of the three Cuban colonels who
s Havana newapaper office for the pur-
pose or chastising an editor and were
put to such shameful fllabt tv him urn
the status of colonels Is not yet satisfac
tory ia LUD.
KXPAloa OF POSTAL UrSISES
Development Reflected la tbe Aaaaal
Appropriations.
Washington Post.
There Is nothing that better discloses tha
marvelous growth of tha country than the
act that has lust been oassed anpronrlst
lr 1 "ii ft Ml ftO tnr Ih, tmm nt lh lrttrf I,
MVlNirillieill. llllfl BWIIi t-tUHin HIV BT1L1I.
iwnr tf Hi anvernmptiL fi-a all rttirnoft,.
during the first thirty years of the nation's
life. Including the cost of suppressing th
whisky Insurrection, several wars with the
Indians, the flurry wllh Kre.nce. and the
war with Great Britain In 1MH'. In th
year 1M. the laat of the administration of
John Adtims. the receipts of the Postofflce
department were but 10,H04. Jt In eMinsled
that this year they will reach nearly jxo,
OOO.OnO. It la necessary to go back only
fifty yeara to show the rapidity with which
the business of the country haa Increased,
as Indicated by the postal receipts. The
receipts ate glvon by decades:
iko : $ n.&n.m:
1.S70 IS.iT'2.2.1
10 M.!t1M7'
IHS SO.W2.6
lt lOJ.HM.OK!
i m.47s.a
The increase In eighteen years haa beett
more than 300 per cent. The expenditures
for the service has mora than kept para
with the receipts, there being an annual
deficit. We are now expending for rural
freo delivery alone about aa much aa the
total receipts were In lxpo. The changes
lilt the number of postofflces In tha coun
try ahow equally remarkable evldencea of
growth. In 1H0O there were but 90S post
offices In the country, and now they num
ber more than 61.000. There haa been a
steady dec-erase, however, lr the number
of postofflces for several years, High water
mark was readied In 19ii0, wtan the num
ber waa 76.8SS. The extension of rural free
delivery has had much to do with decreas
ing the number of offices and It la possible
the decrease will continue for some years,
as the free delivery does away with the
necessity tor small rural oflfces.
Ill I I VIMi OF W!TRF,S. A
Reform In t'srrtnt Practice Scoated
aa Absord.
Washington Post.
A witness should be mad to understand
at once upon taking the stand what is ex
pected of him, and to submit graciously
and patiently to any klnn of examination
short of physical attack which lawyers may
make. Suppose an attorney snarls, snaps,
nd growls at the witness, or sneerlngly
smiles a suspicion. What of It? A witness
Is only an unprotected, defenseless citlxen
doing his duty; to be terrified or cajoled
Into revealing his Innermost thoughts ac
cording to the way the lawyers Intends
him to vpea"k them. To Impugn the verac
ity of a witness by Insinuation or veiled
threats I a legitimate device for rolling
him to the point of saying something which
may be used to advantage against him.
What! A witness to be allowed to tell
a simple tale of what ha had seen or
heard, uninterrupted and undismayed?
Never! Justice might bs precipitated, and
wttneases might retain thetr self-respect.
Witnesses may bo distressed, bullied, and
cowed, but legal circumlocution must be
preserved and the dignity of the advocate
safeguarded.
SUNNY GEMS.
"You act as your wlfe'a leading man. I
believe," began the Interviewer.
"Yes," replied the husband of tha star.
"But," he added, "only on the stage."
Philadelphia Ledger.
The flowers that were horn to blush un
seen became tired, all at once, of wasting
their sweetness on the desert air.
"We'll have to stop. it,", they slghfd
"We are not conserving oUr natural re
sources!" As for the desert air, 10, what did It
care! Chicago Tribune.
"You are going to marry a rich widow."
said the fortune teller.
"Here," replied the man whose hss,!
was being held, "Is another dollar. MiiJ"
her a young maiden and beautiful." Chi
cago Record-Herald.
The Lawyer's Wife What does the
paper any about this season's suits?
The lawyer (absently I 1-arge checks
will be the correct thing In law suits this
season. Life.
"I have been taking some moving pic
tures of life on your farm "
"Did you catch the hired man lit
motion?"
"I think so." , i
"Ah. science ran do anything these
days!" Detroit Free Press. '
"Mom," said mischievous Tom, "I saw
a big rat In your room this morning."
"Good heavens!" cried the excited
mother. "I must tell your father to get n
trap right away."
"A trap won't ketch this rat." announced
Tom. "It's BlsTer Jane's." Baltimore
American.
"Do vou think the chlnr of a woman's
hair haa anything to do with her temper?"
"Not now. Ho very little of It ia her
own." Cleveland Plain Ialer.
"Do you love your enemies?" Inquired
the man (f lofty principles.
"No," answered Mr. Dutin Stax; "I don't
exactly love 'em. Lut I appreciate m.
My biggest profits have been derived from
people who Ktarted . in to fight me."
Washington Star.
"When we take charge of the govern
ment," saya the wise old auffragt-tte, "we '
will make soma changes In the naval bu
reau." "I should hope sn!" agrees the enthusi
astic young suffragette. "Why, bureaus
are hopelessly out of style! We will have
a combination wardrobe and chiffonPal
Judge. '
Him (at the reception) That young man
talking to the hoatens la quite cut-up.
Her Why, he looks rather solemn and
dignified.
Him Ves. but he's a hospital surgeon.
Chicago News.
"It must be fine to work In the weather
bureau."
Think of all the criticism we have to
undergo!" rejoined the climatic e.Xert.
"Yes. Hut you're the only people before
the public who can go wrong on your facts
without being landed in the Ananiaa club.''
Waahlngton Star.
"What do yju think of a woman who
wants to give up a career tl darn her
husband's socks?" '
"I think her ambition is hole-y domes
tic." Ualtimore American.
THE NEWSBOY.
Henry M. Hoyt ia Applet oh s
I'nmovod, among the motley of the market
place lie stands.
With the deeis of divers races In his little
grimy hands:
Round the prevs of thronging thousands, In
the thick of straining strife, ,
He will cry for a copper all the traf
ficking of lite. ;
Though you hall from sunset islands girt
by seas of Jeweled foam,
He can cheer you on your Journey with a
greeting from your home;
Though your heart Is linked by memories
to the countries of the morn.
He ran barter you a message from the land
where you were born.
Through the strident stress of noontide.
through the blazing bloom of night,
Down the slow, slack hours of morning,
ere the coming of the light,
In the times of Joy and laughter, in the
darkest days of dearth.
He cun glva you brave adventures from
int. ihiiiii'hi rnni or ,.,ri i t
At the portala of the city, at the gat-
ways or tne sea.
Where the ringing wheels of commerc
shout their sounding symuhonr.
Where the flags of every ruUion are t.
all the winds unfurled.
He will sell you for a penny all tlis io-
V
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