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WALK EK, (Seat) Notary f wptic. WHEN OUT OF TOWN. akacrlkera leavlaaj tfca cltr tesa pereyrlly hold have Tke flea MUe4 ta tkaaa. Address will kajaaTcal mm oftaa aa recreated. . Remembsr tbo namo of Uif- Hetty Green's son-in-law T The groundhog aa4 tho Bock beer aeason are emerging together. OeneraJ 8hovloif ot Russia kaa committed atiicide, making good his name. ' Mill Ihe new taxi? tUl contain a clause placing a 4nty fm Imported 'possums? It is announced that Servi has called out Its reserve force. U Is hoped that be will respond loyally.- "There aire strong railroads and weak onea," says Judge McPhersoa The same may be said about Judges. The weather mas may be relied upon to furnish some real Washington March i weather for St. Patrick's day. "My favorite article of diet is chicken." says Hoke Smith of Georgia. Still, he toss been known to eat crow. That one thousandth membership in the Commercial club should be put up at auction and command a premium. "A Chicago policeman has retired after earning 1150, 000," says an ex change. Did he ears it or Just get it? Mr. Roosevelt says he will not stand for fcny mora photographs. He appears to Just as good advantage in a sitting poature. Prof. Starr says Mr. Roosevelt can not live ia Africa. Prof. Starr may know Africa, but be doea not know Mr. Roosevelt. Ambassador White's daughter is to marry Count Joach, and the pert par agrapbera will promptly knock the "c" out of his name. Wonder if Mr. Bryan will now un dertake to return the Carnegie money that went into . the Carnegie public library building. Unless something Is done to relieve the pressure the neit explosion ot the two Water board organa la likely to burst a water main. The Irishmen who are protesting against vhe picture card publishers are Juatlfied. St. Patrick bore no resem blance to St. Valentine. BjMBJjOTBBWBBSaWa The NewYork Sun is telling how to tame horses and other animals. The Bun appears to be able to tame any thing except a president. "Mrs. Taft wore her hair as usual" writes a Washington society editor. It is understood that Mr. Taft wore hla, too, on the same occasion. Forester Pinchot has diplomatically allowed it to.He known that be plays golf as well as he does tennis, and really likea the game better. Secretary Knox ia said to arise at 6: SO. o'clock every morning, which is a little remarkable considering the fact that he drswa a amalter salary than any other member of the cabinet When Mr. Blaine wanted to seek the presidential nomination against President Harrison' he resigned first from the cabinet.. When aa Omaha park commissioner wanted to buck against the mayor -who had appointed fclm to tbs o IBo but why invidious comparison? Tb Fanner.' He-em The government's crop report on the quantity of grain In farmers' hands on March 1 shows that the sup ply of the three great cereals, wheat, corn and oats, atill held by the pro ducers. Is quite as large as In former yeara and that the reserves arc ample for seeding, for carrying over to next year and for future sale. The figures show that the farmers now hold about 143,692:000 bushels Of wheat, or only 5,000.000 bushels less than the stock on hand on March 1, 190S. As the crop of last year was SO, 000, 000 bushels larger than in 1907 It Is evident that the farmers have been selling more rapidly than usual, under the higher prices that have pre vailed, but the reserve supply Is ample for all demands. Of the 2,668,651,000 bushels of corn raised last year, the farmers still hold 1,047,763,000 bush els, or practically 40 per cent, all that will be required for seed, feeding and other purposes. The oats present sup ply is 11,600,000 bushels larger than a year ago. The reports indicate that the farm ers have not been compelled to sell their crops down to. a close margin, hut have been Jn position to retain All the reserve necessary for their own uses sod glso to put a check upon the purely speculative manipulation of Cereal prices, as the definite - figures furnished by the government furnish accurate information as to the avail able supplies, which does not tally in any respect with the claims of the speculators. Further manipulation will have to be based upon conditions end state, of quality which the new crops develop from week to week. The farm ers have the old crops in the bins and are thus able to checkmate the trad ers. Is There a String U It? While the Water board organs and organettes are shrieking themselves hoarse over the great conspiracies whleh they are conjuring up in their own imaginations, the people of Omaha for some reason or other refuse to be come excited. It seems to be very much like the old story of the boy who cried "wolf" so many times when there was no wolf that when the wolf really came he got no attention. These water spouters have been using the water works as the bogle man so con tinuously to divert attention from their owa deep-iaid schemes that the general public has become more or less skeptical and refuses to catch the hysteria. A few weeks ago the Water board, by resolution, directed its attorneys to draw up a proposition for submission to the voters at the coming city elec tion to authorise a tjond Issue of $6,600,000 to buy the water works at tha valuation fixed by the appraisers, previously denounced by them as out rageously exorbitant. This action was accompanied by an explanation that the purpose ot submitting the bond proposition was to ascertain whether the people wanted to go on with the purchase proceedings. The whole move struck most folks as a gigantic bluff on the part of the Water board designed to allay the rising tide of popular discontent by postponing the leiue and perpetuating the Water board salaries and lawyers' . graft. Voting bonds up or down would be necessarily a Jug-handled proposition, leaving no alternative to the people to say whether they preferred the com promise settlement. In the meantime the Water .board has done nothing but adopt a resolu tion without submitting Its bond prop osition. If we are to vote on a pro posed $6,(00,000 bond issue at the coming election, why should not the proposition have been formulated by this time instead ot being held back and the people permitted to know ex actly what they are to 1h asked to vote OST The delay ia following up the resolution confirms the suspicion that It has a string to it that may be puUed as soon aa the legislature is ad journed aad the possibility of legisla tion to simplify the water works situa tion is removed. Cutro't Plea for Becognition. Clpriano Castro, late wasp of the Andes, president of Venesuela and thorn ia the flesh of the diplomatic world, has not been the same since the Berlin doctors operated upon him. Reports are conflicting as to the na ture of Castro's Illness. It is denied that he had bis appendix removed and he is now furnishing proof that neither his nerve nor his gall were disturbed by the operation. Prom his refuge in Berlin he has addressed a lurid proclamation to his former fellow countrymen and more or less humble Slaves In Venezuela. After expa tiating at great length upon the sac rifices he made to place Venezuela In the first rank of world powers and complaining because his services have not been fully appreciated, he con cludes his bombastic effusion in this wise: Thus I creattd the cplendid peace which you ar now enjoying, with e titanic stroke of my powerful arm, which nearly demol lahad three of the mightiest nation of the old world, e Ani jeaplte all this, ye ungrateful people, all the world knows how you have treated him who left hi country to retain hla health, broken In the aervtce of th fatherland, in order to continue later hla (Teat work of reform. But far fram feeling caat down, It fill mc with prtde and aatlafactlon because we sreat men reaembla each other even In misfor tune. Napoleon died in exile, Miranda braathed Ms last a prisoner of war In Csraaas and Bolivar, who aharea with roe (lory and martyrdom, was the victim of Ingratitude on th part or hi fellow citi zen. Apparently the Venezuelans have not been moved to tears over Castro's appeal. The French diplomats have, at Castro's request, asked the authori ties at Caracas bow they would view lire OMAHA the return of Castro to Venezuela. The reply was. In effect, that the Venezue lans would be tickled nesrly to death to greet their former president and try him for treason, if the populace did not get to him with a rope before the courts could get action on his case. The rest of the civilized world will be pleased to have Caatro continue to live In Berlin. The New Census Bill. While the tariff will be the chief subject for consideration at the extra session of congress, action will be re quested upon the bill for taking the 1910 census, It being Important that the measure be passed In order to give the census officials the necessary time to make provisions for the big work of next year. The bill, as drawn for presentation at the special session, is said to carry a complete vindication of Mr. Roose velt, who vetoed the bill passed by the last congress because It provided for the appointment of the clerks and enumerators according to the spoils system, instead of by competitive ex aminations under the direction of the Civil Service commission. Mr. Roose velt served notice when the bill was introduced that he would veto it if passed with the objectionable features which he pointed out. Both houses of congress, however, insisted upon the original bill, with the appointment ot ihe thousands of clerks and enumer ators 'at. portioned among members of congress without reference to party affiliation. President Roosevelt vetoed the measure and no further effort was made to pass it by the Sixtieth con gress. The new bill calls for the appoint ment of clerks end others after a spe r.lal ecD'iKtitlve examination, allowing the director of the census to make cer tain soluctlous, to meet emergencies, without, ctiict compliance with rules providing for the acceptance of ellgl bles according to their rating in the examinations. Apparently there is no objection to the measure in its present form and the public will add one more mark to the credit of Mr. Roosevelt for checking a brazen attempt on the part of congress to resurrect the old spoils game. Liberty or Death. The crime for which Albert T. Pat rick was sentenced to death in New York some years- ago has been almost forgotten, but Patrick refuses to al low the authorities of the state to for get him. He is now demanding that be be given his liberty or put to death, in accordance with the original ver dict rendered against him. Patrick was convicted of a vile mur der, although the evidence against him was chiefly circumstantial. The case had the run of the courts on ap peals, reversals and new trials, but the prisoner was finally condemned to be electrocuted. A lawyer by pro fession, and apparently a good one, Patrick refused to be legally killed and secured stay after stay of execu tion. Several governors had bis case before them in one form or another and finally Governor Higgins. despair ing of ever having the case brought to a conclusion, commuted Patrick's sentence to life imprisonment, evi dently hoping to hear the last of it. Patrick, however,' refused to have it that way and now demands an uncon ditional pardon or the execution of the original death sentence. His sen tence having once been commuted, It Is now impossible to have him electro cuted, so he is scheduled to keep de manding, the attention of the courts until pardoned or dead of old age. The very persistency of the man has won him a sort of admiration that may be strong enough finally to in fluence executive clemency in bis be half, regardless of the sordid charac ter of the crime for which be was originally convicted. The confirmation by the state senate of the warden of the penitentiary em phasizes the distance we hive traveled here in Nebraska away from this sort of a check upon executive appoint ments. The original idea of the founders of the government was that all appointments by the governor should require confirmation by one branch of the legislature, but by tak ing advantage of technicalities the governor has been vested with the ex clusive selection of nearly all the su bordinate officers of the executive de partment. The editor of a Methodist weekly in Chicago printed a recipe for cake call ing for the use of a "wine glass full of whisky," and a storm of protest broke across the continent. All of which proves, contrary to the general im pression, that somebody reads the cooking recipes published in the pa pers. "Loyalty" to Mr. Bryan promises to keep the University of Nebraska pro fessors from being eligible to retire ment pensions' out of the Carnegie foundation. That will tickle Mr. Bryan's pride, but it is poor consola tion for the professors. "Omaha ahould do something for its atmosphere," says a Cleveland paper. Omaha Is displacing a lot of Its atmos phere by new buildings and the re maining portion Is quite satisfactory. For proof, compare the death ratea in Cleveland and Omaha. Most of the members of the house from Douglas county cast their votes against the Carnegie pension bill be cause they revolted at the thought of permitting university professors to touch "tainted" money. It Is to laugh. Aa Ohio editor complains that 91,000,000 is too much money to DAILY REE: MONDAY, MAKCII 13. 1900. BDend for a Lincoln monument st Washington. Its a good deal of money, but monuments usually come high. A New York alderman thinks that all aldermen should o to see a play before the censor condemns It. Good Idea. If the aldermen like the play the censor will feel justified in con demning it. There is some question whether Mr. Carpenter will fittingly fill Mr. Loeb's place as private secretary to the presi dent. He has been in office nearly two weeks and hasn't been blamed for any thing yet. The last republican legislature suc ceeded In transacting business without resorting to the sifting committee juggle. This is one of the reforms which the democrats prefer not to follow. The New York Board of Health has passed a regulation prohibiting the smoking of cigarettes or cigars in the subway. Patrons ot the subway will evidently have to smoke pipes. The Chicago Record-Herald says that Chicago wants "4,000,000 sub stantial non-smoke-producing citizens by 1920." What has the Tobacco trust got to say to that? Rmane I. imp of IB !'. Indianapolis Now. The advance notices indicate that the ex tra session will not without a full quota of polltlca of a highly practical nature. Outward Mbs of Optlaslsaa. Fhlladoiphta Prese. When President Taft say he la an opti mist It la easy to believe him. A man with that kind of smile couldn't be anything else. Penh a Oooal Thing; A Ion a;. Philadelphia Press. President Taft's Inaugural has had ap proval independent of party and paat dif ferences. Not lnce Monroe has a presi dent beg-un with such a general "era of good feeling." The Squeal of m Squrrre. Chicago Tribune. "Will the republic endure?" ae-ks Tom Lawaon. The circumstance that Tom Law son considers this a debatable question awaken a suspicion that some of hla stocks have gone wrong. Cpalda't Me Without 'Km. Brooklyn Eagle. A New York suffragist says that if women would threaten to leave the coun try the men would give tbera the ballot to coax thenj to atay. Why not reverse th proposition and banish the men la the first Instance? Cynthia. Cynthia. I've been thinking what a fine world till would be If the men were all transported far be yond the Northern sr-a. A r Oratory lt Barer. New York Bun. Senator IjingTUt. in nominating Mr. George T. Oliver of Pittsburg for United State aenator n the republican caucus at Harrisburg-, said of him that he was -as far abova venality. . corruption and dis honor as the star of Bethlehem Is above the fire of Moloch.",. It, waa handsome ot Mr. T-angfltt and prove that oratory la not dead in Pennsylvania, but It roust have made the candidate very uncomfortable. Aa Achievement of Stteanajsrlp. New York World. The forest land In Nevada, South Dakota, CallfBrnia, New Mexico and Arizona pre served to tli people by one of tin last of ficial acta of President Roosevelt aggra vate 1.980.73C. This ia a forest doraaia larger than Connecticut and Delaware com bined. With theaa addition the total na tional forest area is 185.013,880 acres, equal to all Texas, the largest state In the union, plus Kentucky. It would make aeven state as large aa Ohio. That thi forest empire has been saved from the axe to posterity la ona of tho finest achievements of statesmanship. It remains to save It from fire. n Passle ! National Kiaaares. Springfield Republican. Tha first question belne asked of th new secretary of the treasury la rather startling. It Is whether and when bonds ara to be Issued to replenish tho cash holding against a rapidly mounting rev enue deficit. And the answer Is that while no Immediate necessity exist for a bond Issue, the question must soon come under consideration aa things are now go ing. The treasury now ha an available cash balance on hand of little mora than $l)O,0O0.00O, and half of this ia needed aa a permanent working fund in the fiscal operations of the government. Not many week ago tha government had above linn . 000,000 on deposit in national banks; now tnose deposits are down to 160,000,000. Not sine th time of Mr. Carlisle, In Cleve land' second administration, ha a secre. tary of the treasury faced ao difficult a situation aa that which Mr. MacVeagh must deal with. FEDERAL INHERITABLE TAXES. Coaaeetlcat Object to Poaching; an State Frnerrfi, New York 8un. The resolution adopted by the legisla ture of Connecticut declaring that tho tax thai several states and not to be resorted to tha several states and not be resorted to by the federal government aa a mean of rain ing revenur-e la tui Indication of the atti tude llkoly to be taken by all the states on this subject. When the federal revenue were ample and thei federal tax on Inheri tance was suggested tentatively ait a method of taking revenge on successful men It was eaay to applaud it and proclaim it as a grand and worthy scheme for the punishment of those guilty of prosperity through thrift. When the federal govern ment Is short of money, however, and the invasion of this source of state revenue is seriously contemplated the situation put on a different appearance. It is not Improbable thut many other plana for the extension of federal activity which have been received with considerable enthusiasm when there wa no immediate likelihood of a practical effort to put them Into operation would arouse similar oppo. It Ion If their enforcement were seriously contemplated and the incomes of the state earned likely to suffer in consequence. That which sound highly attractive when an other community I to foot the bill become highly objectionable when it tnenchea on th treasure cheat of the home settlement. In atate and tha political subdivisions, no leas than in individuals, th pocket hook nerve la extremely sensitive. It I con nrlvable that mauy bright dream of soci ology anil of moral uplift through federal intervention would coin to nought when it wa shown that their aticcea depended en the ability of the government to scoop B money hitherto regarded as the legitimate revenue of ths states. Washington Life Oheee BapeSehee) esT SaoNsava wS EnlaoSea taat Mark tb Tiue-r s of areata at the JVaxloa'e Capital. The now m.irhle office building of the honorable senator l finished and many of the senator are moving In. Other are hanging on to their office rooms In the capitol, preferring old quarter redolent with historic asnv-iatlnna to the modem and somewhat garish splendor of the new building. Among the splendors m.iy be mentioned a centr table costing $450 m each room, a shade too elaborate to rest one's heels on. Borne senators from rural states are reluctant to shine In such mag' nlficent settings, and are Inclined to dwell yet awhile In modest quarters. A subway connects the rapltol and the office annex, enabling members to escape the rigors of Washington weather In making the trip. In order to make the trip easy, electric carryalls will be operated so aa to run In two minutes from the senate wing to the offices and back. There are two of these electric conveyances, and they will stop at any elevator In the building of the offices at the convenience of senators. Fred Warner Carpenter, the president's secretary. ha.i been with Mr. Taft for some eight years. Mr. Taft got him when president of tine Philippine commission by cabling to a friend In San Francisco for a competent stenographer. The choice fell upon the private secretary of Charles 8. Wbeeler of the law firm of Bishop A Wheeler. Mr. Carpenter had been pre- vloualy admitted to the bar In Minnesota and I graduate rf the university of that state. He did so well as stenographer tliat Mr. Taft made him private secretary when he became eTovemor general of the Philippines. Bee re tary Carpenter hats Jtiat paased bis thlrty-slKth birthday, enjeya the full confidence of his chief, and It ia ex pected that this euooeeaor at William Ioeb, Jr.. Mr. Cortelyou and the late Col onel Lamont will "make good" In a place that call for much good sense and a great degree of tact. Exclusive of the capitol, and congres sional library, grounds, the union depot plasa and the botanical gardens, says a Chicago News letter, th city of Washing ton boasts more than S,000 acres 1n parks, excluding nearly 160 triangles and circle at street Intersection and mile upon mile ot shaded asphalt streets equal to the boulevard of many other cities. The largest of all these parks la Rock Creek park. This beauty epot cover I.S06 acre Immediately adjoining the Zoological park, which contain 171 acre, and tt natural combination of rocks and ertreams, htlls aitd dales, trees and meadows, go to make porhap the finest groundwork of a public park In any Hty In the country It will be probably MO years before the Iosaibllities of thts park are realised to the full, Including the building of a boule vard down Rock creek Into the city of Washington, connecting with the River, side driveway, now known aa Potomac driveway. The River park, which reaches from tit captlol to the Islands of the Potomac, contain In the aggregate 1.S00 a ores, but doea not represent an smalga n ated whole as doea the Rock Creek park. In the northern pertlon of the cHy, about a mile eastward frem Rock Creek nark and connected therewith by the old mili tary road over which union armies marched In the defense of Washington, I the Sol dier Home park. Cocnmandd by a group of white marble building erectd en the highest, point In the city, the rark slopes toward tha city over an extent of W2 seres. Still snother park, AiialoBtan, In southeast Washington where the .. river flats will some dty be one of the -flower garden ot the national capital, contain MS acres. The fast of the larger park, also In north Washington, I Tacoma park, containing 73 acres. Other amusement placea are the Henry and Seaton parjts of thirty-two acres; Garfield park, twenty-four arres: Judiciary square, wltere la the pension office, nine teen acres, snd Howard University park of twelve acres. tafayette square, in front of the White House on the north, in which no tree or bush Is duplicated, contains six seres. Congress, mores the pity, has lost Its last member that wore boots. His nsme is Brumm, habitat Pennsylvania, and he I not dead ef old age. certainty1 not of cold feet. Mr. Brumm, Indeed, I not dead at all, even if hi specie be extinct. He ha imply quit Washington, boots and all, to become a Judge In Schuylkill county. The house will mlaa him and hi leather-clad extremities, (lone Is sockle Jerry Simp son. Gone almost ar the full beard, burnsldes and chin whiskers of earlier con gressional efflorescence. "I'ncle Joe" Can non no longer wears the suit of ostenta tious blue Jean, presented him by North Carolina admirers. Quaintness and pic turesquene. qualities that had a definite political value, sre repreeented In the popular brsnch of the national legislature chiefly by the speaker's vocabulary. A law passed by the last congress pro hibiting stock gambling In the District of Columbia defines bucketahopping ss fol lows: "1. Th makng of or offering to make any contract respecting the purchase or sal either upon credit or upon margin, of any securities or commodities wherein both par tie thereto Intend or uclj koepor intends that uch contract hall be or may be ter minated, closed or aettled according to or upon the basis of the public market quota tions of prices, made on any board of trade or exohange upon which eaUl securities or commodities are dealt In or witliout a bona fide purchase or sale of the same; or that "I. The making of or offering to make any contract respecting th purchase or Bale, eitherupon credit or upon margin, of any securities or commodities In which both parties Intend or such keeper Intend that such securites shall be aettled when th public market quotations shall reach a cer tain figure without a bona fide purchase or sale of the same; or "S. The making of or, offering to make any contract respecting the purchase or sale, either upon credit or upon margin, of any securities or commodities wherein both parties do not Intend or such keeper dee not Intend the actual or bona fide receipt or delivery of such securities or commodities." The penalty for violation of the law Is a fine of $1,000 or Imprisonment for a year. States' Hlaht aad laherltaace Tax. Wall Street Journal. A very delicate question of states' rights is raised by the proposal of ths new president to impose a federal In heritance tax. It must be confessed that after California and Idaho have taxed large ealates bequeathed to distant rela tives at It per cent, and Iowa at 20 per cent, anything further imposed by the federal government would look like con fiscation. Evan now there Is a collateral Inheritance tas In New Tork state of f per cent. Correctly Slsed Ca. s .Boston Glob. It will b noted that th membership ef th special commissions authorised by the United States senate is Investigate thing corresponds pretty closely te ths number ef x-sostors eut of job. I RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT. Impi-MBlT ejtaraa of Kpala Threaafceet tke "atrr Cincinnati Enquirer. Despite the hesitation and the brakw spon buslnesa activities caused by the tariff revision proposition. thre I un mistakable (fiance In general business af fair In every ection ot the country. The moat Encouraging feature I the re markably widespread movemeat In the pro jection and construction Of new railway line. Steam line are pushing out branches and feeders for the main line and .im portant road are being linked Inte sys tems by construction of connection. Klec triu line ar being planned and built in every cHy and th suburbs of every city. These suburban roads are being Joined together by new construction so as to form Intercity roads, snd these are being tied up with each other until In the eastern and northern parts of ths union there sre developing whst may be correctly termed as electric trunk lines. v Capital has faith la the growth and de velopment of every portion of the United States, and from the New England state to th farthest west and south there is fuH confidence in ths increase of local population and a corresponding Increase in traffic. No part of our country la finished. In not cne portion I the growth any where near the maximum, nor will It be for year to come, Massachusetts still adds thousands of persons to Its population each year. Our cities grew with smaslns rapidity, but we are so accustomed to con stant growth our people scarcely note H. Tli prosperity of tit agricultural dis tricts makes the tapping of them profit able to transportation lines snd oapilal readily provides the funds for such con struction. Th building and Success of one line im proves the district or section and ether line sre soon required. Electric roads, telegraphs, telephones and rural free delivery have rhanged country districts to suburbs and msde crtles of the suburbs. This development is st present gathering fores In every state snd territory, snd with the coming of spring and good weather hundreds of thousands ot men will be put to work upon new construction. No more positive proof of tha coin lug; of better time can be offered than this. Mr. Harrlman's remarks a to the pro posed spending cf many millions of dol lars In ths railway development of the south could with accurscy and truth be extended to the west, the north and ths east as well. MILITARY DE14RIIM. The Assort lea that We Arc la Dnager from Fore La a Foes. Charles E. Jefferson In Atlantic Monthly. Th terror of s patient who I suffering from mental derangement 1 often pa thetic. Surround him with granite walla, ten In number, and every wall ten foet thick, and he will atill Insist that he 1s unprotected. Bo it is with the militarist. No nation has ever yet voted appropria tions sufficient to quiet his uneasy heart. England's formula ef naval alrength has for some time been: Th British navy In capital ships mast equal the next two strongest navies, plus JO per cent. But not withstanding the Britlh navy Is today In battleships and cruisers snd torpedo hosts almost equal to the next three strong: est navies, never has England's eecurity been ao precarious, according to its greatest military ecpert. as today. It ha been discovered at the eleventh hour Mhat tt mighty navy i no afe-oard at all, -unles backed up by a citizen army of at lent 1,000,009 men. It wa once the aim to pro tect England against probable combinations against It. The ambition now Is to pro tect It against sll possible combinations. In the words of a high authority In tha British army, it must protect Itself against not only the dangers It has any reason to expect, but also against those which no body exiwcts. There are obsessions which obtain so firm a grip upon the mind that It la dif ficult to banish them. For example, a man who has the Impression that he is being tracked by a vindictive and relentless foe Is not going to sit down snd llstjen quietly to sn argument the aim of which is to prove that no such enemy exists, snd that the sound which have csused ths panic sre the footfalls of an approaching friend. Ths militarist will listen to no man who attempts to prove that his "perils" sre creations of the brain. Indeed, he Is ex ceedingly impatient under contradiction; and, bars again, he Is like all victims of hallucination. : To deny hi assumptions or to question his conclusions. Is to him both blasphemy and treason, a sort of pro fanity, and Imbecility worthy of a con tempt and scorn. He alone stands on foundations which csnnot be shsken, and other men who do not poseas his Inside information, or technical training for deal ing with such questions, sre tiring In a fool's psrsdise: The ferocity witlli which he attacks sll who dare oppose him is tha fury of a man whose brain is abnormally excited. OBSTACLES TO Jl STIC K. t'oart Railage Whitewash the Stand ard Hefcater. St. Ixul Republic. The obstacle that prevented the govern ment from securing a verdict against the Standard Oil company was the Judicial de mand for prcof that 18 rente per WO pound was the legally published rate for all ship ments of oil over the Chicago Alton railroad from Whiting, Ind., to East St Louis. Eighteen centa was the rate which a ship per would be charged on the clas of freight-In -which oil waa Included between th point mentioned. The rate actually paid by the Standard Oil was rent per 100 pounds. Eighteen cents was the rate charged against the Oil trust on the bills of lading, but tn the monthly settlement of th freight bills the difference a as "ad justed" and ( cents was the rate actually paid. But the government could not prove that It centa wa the regular, legally published tariff rate, and so it failed In the case, No one will doubt thet IS cents Is whst an Independent oil shipper wnti'd have been charged or that Standard Oil was charged Is centa for show, and paid ( cent In fact. No one will doubt there wa a moral crime and a violation of the law, whether or not the violation was susceptible of technical legal proof. Everyone will be lieve that the United State circuit court of appeals imposed harsh restrictions and th popular verdict will be that It Is all In fine demonstration of the fact that the law doe not reach tit "malefactor of great wealth." A Large Osts User. New York Tribune. The presidential veto of the censu bill at th late session of congress is assumed to impose upon the coming special session th duty ft providing for th taking of th new census. It should be aim pi matter se to do. All that would be necessary would be to re-eosot the vetoed bill with ths oiOectkxvabt spoils feature esjutted. THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME. "Economic tha a are Have I adeemlne Desnorratle CnaaTttleaa." New York Bun. The minority members of the eommltt'a of way and meana could not agree upon a tariff 'Mil They are not to be Warned, for save theoretically .there I" no lohser a dt moctattc position to the tariff. Econo mic chants have undermined the demo cratic tradition, in the eoulhern sttt especially Industrial growth Is rirtvlt-.a; demoxrrat Into protection. And thus the ancient and respectable -dextrine of the wtlgs Is revived In the south, snd "free Iradi" said a tariff for revenue only are sway In the Ewigkett. in the vrtt the democrat' who has got somethlnr to protect wants It protected. B the protection lesson good or bad. New England and Pennsylvania have taught It to the rest of the United States. If the government can help folks to get wealth why shouldn't we have some of lit That Is the feeling, widespread among demo crats, no matter how correct and hollow Is tha democratic platform talk about the means of raising revenue, Willie Mills and Morrison are still among the living sorl In coclum! the economic principles of Sam Randall, sn long in a hopeless minority, seems io be coming Into sscendancy In the democracy. At nny rate there ia no approach to democratic: unity as to the tariff. Here again "demo cratic" is but a courtesy title. It means nothing definite. It covers a multitude ot opinions. It may be ourtous, but Is not Improb able that the -desire for tariff reform Is stronger in the republican party than In the democratic, nor la It impoaslble that each ahould yet reverse its historical econo mic policy. PERSONAL NOTES. benjamin Carpenter Miller, wbo in M amacad ths country by loading tb hugs Brighton Beach bote! on flatrars and mov ing It back from the ocean a dlatanca of nearly 000 feet, died recently In Brooklyn. Prof. Gottbtel. who was appointed head of the American School of Oriental Re search, will start for Palestine next month, and will -spend some time In Constanti nople before beginning his work In Jerusa lem. Congressman "Cy" Sullowsy of New Hampshire is at last la eclipse. The new member from the Twenty-fourth Pennsyl vania district, John K. Tetter, Is about an inch snd a half taller. He was once a base ball star. The most Impressive ceremony that ha taken place before the Texas legislature was the awarding of gold medals .to Al fonso Steele, only living actual participant In the battle of San Jacinto, and W. P. Znber. snother survivor, who was detailed with the sick during the memorable fight. The two gentlemen nominated for the Wilmington (N. C.) mayoralty met tn the street one day last week. "I shall certainly vote and de all I can for you." said Mr. O'Bilea to Captain McRae. "And t Shall vote and do all I can for you, and I bona te goodness you'll be elected," said Captaia McRae to Mr. O'Brien. E. R. Tinker, wbo has Just resigned his position ss general manager of the general market at Washington, D. C, has "coma down to vm from a former generation." He la now 8T years old, and forty years sgo was the acknowledged political 'boss" of western Massachusetts, where he now pro poses to again pass his summers. No American court hss yet gone to the limit of vindicating the immortal decJsta tlop , which Insures to mere man "tha pur suit of happiness." A French court per formed the set handsomely. It affirmed the right of a husband to loaf around his home with waistcoat unbuttoned, collar un done, necktie hanging down, slippers on his feet snd a cuspidor within shooting reach. WIvea may roar and rattle the crockery as they will, Frenchmen at least msy be happy still. SMILING BE MARKS. "F'ohgive yoh enemies," said Uncle Eben. "but don' let yoh fohglvenesa jcu no far aa to tempt yoh to git eeclable an' trade hossea." Washington Star. Mrs. Newlytied My music teacher told me I had a moat srtlstic touch. Mr. Newlytied Yee, o I found out thi morning. New York Tiroes. "I don't think such a play should be permitted. In a theater." "But Just ae how magnificently It Is staged!'' Cleveland Plain Dealer. "The heroine In that old-fashioned play reads her lines well, doesn't slier' "Yes, she wears them well, too." "Wear them well? How can she weer line well?" "I mean her crinolines." Baltimore American. , "Yea. Herbert," murmured the "ovely maiden, ""I will marry you I don't care whether you are rich or poor." "My peerless girl!" fervently exclaimed Herbert, folding her to his heart. "I aee you have looked me up In Bradstreet'.' Chicago Tribune. "lae the aid, door," roared the guard of the New York aubway train. "All right, young feller," replied the stranger from west of Hoboken. "I kin use It all right I'm from a 'dry town." Cleveland Leader. , ( "Perhaps yon can suggest some mesns of improving the system of weather ' prog"otlcation," said the sarcastic aclen- "I can." answered the superstitious rer son. "Exterminate the ground hog." Washington Btar. -. "Is It possible for a married man to be a fool without knowing It?" "Not If hla wife Is sllve." United Presbyterian. Aunt Prlscllla I waa held up once In a stnge coach In Callfnrny. , . U, r..ru 1 J 1 1 u f.-( 4 r. r. I . . everything you hsdf uni t-risciua o, they didn't have "el"' JY?U U ws "D "r and 1 offered to marry the chief robber he .rIt'iy2!.1 hn.d'ir.e-: ? ii ' .--.v.n'i nam ueaier. F0BG0TTEN THINGS; Edith M. Thomas In Kew Ysrk Tim Tr, 5 pLty ,n forgotten things. flh UV"1 U,ey can ' Ion'r 8lnCVlnVt.l " Fanty' preadUl "waltow Must seek new pleasure still. There Is a patience, loo. In thing forgot: They walt-they find the porta, fing unused : . "'s A"d'not- k'"" th're' U h'1 efu t Nor aught shall be refused.1 Alt, yes! Though w. unheeding years en years, ,n tatn ple5'f, P"ul the heart's es- They bide some blessed moment of quick tears . . Some moment without date Some gleam or flowf, or leaf, or headed dew. Sornu tremble at th car of rosmorled sound Of mother-song-they sella tbe slender clue Th old loves gather round! ' When that which lured us once now lureth not. .. But tit tired hand that gathered droes Thi I the 'triumph of the thing forgot To hear the tired heart call! And they are with us at U( fertbeat reach, A light when Into shadow all lse dip A. In the stranger's land, tbair native speech Returns to dying llpsl ' ' )' !i 39 hi ! t