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4 THK OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. MARCH 1(5. lMf. The Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED BT EDWARD ItOflEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflcs aa second .' matter. TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION. iJally Bra (without Sunday), one ycar...!4M Ually B and unda. ona year DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Datly Ba (including Sunday), par week 16c Daily Be (without Sunday). pr .. 10c F,vaning Ba (without Sunday), per week to Evening Be (with Sunday), per week.. 10c Sunday Bee, ona year 12.60 Saturday Bra, on year Address all complaints of irregularities la drllvary to City Circulation Department. orncEs. Omaha-Th. Bee Building South Omaha -Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffa 1 Scott Street. t.mmln 51 t.lttle Building;. "hlcago IMS Marquette Building. New York Roorea 1101-1102 No. 34 Weil Thirty-third Streei. Washington 723 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlcatlona relating to newa and edi torial matter aheuld he addreiacd: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bea Publishing Company. Only 2-cent atampa received In payment of mall accounta. Personal check, eicept on Omaha or eaatarn eichangei, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CTRCTTIATIOIf. Stale of Nebraska. Douglaa County, aa.: George B. Ttachuck. treaatirer of The Bea Publishing company, being duly a worn, aaya that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tha month of February, lM, wa aa followa: ,! II M.SM t M.1TS II t.M SS.000 IT M.TT0 . Sf ,0gO '19,.....v.. SS.SSa SS.MO It s,tte M.tBO 20 ga.OSO T moo ti T.ioo I M.iraO "" 21 O.SSfl aa.sao . it saao i Mao r.o H as.oso ti taio 1 S,30 t'gM scrso .7 w.oao 14 HMO 18 g7J20 Total l,0T,OM Less unsaid, and returned copies. t.Mt Net Total 1, 071091 Daily average 4 .Ma OEO. B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma Uila at day of March. ISO. M. P. WALKER, (Seal) Notary Public. whkjt out or TOWN. kaerlbers leavlaar the city tem ararUy skoald bar Tke Baa stalled ta them. Addresa wIU ha caaaared a aftea aa reaweated. Juat see who's here! Mr. Groundhog. . Welcome, It is hoped that an ice winter will be followed by a nice summer. If your congressman does not send ou some lawn seed, write him a let ter of thanks. Anyway, March cannot yet be charged with luring the fruit crop on to Its destruction. Note that Mf. Bryan's birthday party will take place at Lincoln and not at Washington. 1 The simplified spelling board is not getting very far in its campaign for shorter and uglier words. It would be interesting to know if Mr. Loeb Is thoughtful and consider ate with his private secretary. Every elective democratic office holder in the city hall is a candidate for re-election. They must like their jobs pretty well. President Taft's golf cabinet is lined up at the first tee preparatory to making a drive over the tariff bunker. Still, holding down a job like that of collector of the port of New York must seem very much like loafing to Mr. Loeb. - The Standard Oil company may have to declare an extra dividend to get rid of the money it saved to pay that 129,340.000 fine. Thomas Collier Piatt writes in his book of reminiscences that he used to be a glee club promoter. Later he be came a grief club promoter. Lincoln papers are hot for a con stitutional convention. Lincoln papers are always hot for anything that spends the state's money In Lincoln. The tear of Russia says that drum mers make too much noise and accom plish little good, but he was speaking of military and not commercial drum mers. The railroad interests in Manchuria are said to be trying to run the gov ernment. Manchuria must be becom ing more modern than has been sup posed. "There are many advantages In a light diet.? says a physician. The charm of light diet depends upon whether it is taken by choice or by compulsion. The adjutant general of the Okla homa militia has asked for a leave of absence tor ninety days, so a world war may not be looked for before the first of July. "It coats 150 a month to board aa automobile and I2S a month to board a horse," aays the Milwaukee Journal. Yes, and you can board a street car for a nickel. No attention should be paid to the proposition to change the inaugural day from March 4 to March 17. Neither date ' has a satisfactory weather reputation. Edgar Howard wants to maka the test of what constitutes a democrat something, more than Up loyalty to Bryan. Edgar should try to make Air. Bryan his first convert. Speaker Cannon's Be-election. The re-election of Joseph O. Cannon of Illinois to be speaker of the house of representatives in the Sixty-first congress was not unexpected, In spite of' the fight that was made against him as a campaign Issue In the last election and which has since bfen tar ried on by certsln members of the house. While the contest wss directed at the speaker, the basis of the fight was really a demand for a modlfleatjon of the rulea of the house, for the pur pose of minimizing the control of legis lation by one man or by a coterie of members chosen by the speaker. This demand would have been focused Just as much sgalnst sny other man as It has been against Mr. Cannon. The triumph of Mr. Cannon in face of such bitter opposition is a tribute to the ability, Integrity and personal popularity of the roan. No one less fully equipped with these elements of strength could have withstood the op position arrayed against him. The ad vocates of a reform of the house rules have, however, apparently on a par tial victory by defeating the motion to have the rules of the Sixtieth con gress readopted. This is the crux of the fight which has had public senti ment back of it especially In the mid dle weat and a reasonable amendment of the rules making the house more representative in character, will meet all the requirements of the situation. Prompt Tariff Revision. Washington advices confirm a seri ous purpose on the part of the repub licans in both branches of congress to push tariff revision to enactment at the earliest possible hour. While the country has been led to believe that the standpatters would fight to the last ditch against any cuts in the Dlngley schedules the most reliable re ports indicate a different trend among the lawmakers. Even such stanch high tariff disciples as Senator Aldrlch. and Representatives Cannon, Payne and Dalzell are evincing a willingness to respond to the general demand and the party's platform pledges to take up the question earnestly with a view to revising the schedules downward. While there will be, and should be, no departure from the principle of protection, the republican leaders are convinced that conditions in the in dustrial and commercial world have changed greatly since the adoption of the Dlngley schedules a dozen years ago and that there are economic as well as political demands for a com prehensive overhauling of the entire list of tariff protected articles. High duties may have to be retained in some instances, but for the most part there is room for a reduction wher ever the articles can now be mana factured or produced In this country in competition with the world. The lowering of these duties is expected to relieve the consumer by compelling big combinations to meet foreign com petition and preventing them from using the excess protection to increase the cost to domestic consumers. At the same time, no legitimate industry needing protection is in danger of be ing dealt harshly with by congress. One of the encouraging features of the situation is the apparent readiness of the senate to co-operate with the house in hastening the consideration of the revision bill. Under the consti tution, revenue laws must originate In the bouse and it haa in the past been the custom of the senate to wait until the tariff bill has been passed by the house before taking It under consider ation. In the present instance, the senate leaders have agreed to use the tariff bill as soon as It has been offered In the house, as the basis of committee discussion. The result will be, in ef fect, to allow the senate to agree upon a provisional tariff bill which will form the basis of Its action when the measure finally comes from the house. This will be a big time-saving propo sition and should help realize Presi dent Taft's expressed hope that the new tariff law may be passed before June 1. Misusing; Lincoln. "Why Is forgery deemed necessary to the prohibition cause?" asks Col lier's Weekly, which Is Itself not Inactive as a champion of temperance. Collier's goes on to explain in detail, as follows: The brewera circulate a statement against prohibition falsely attributed to Lincoln. Along come the prohiblllonlbl with another, recommending prohibition, alao forged. Both desire his assistance; neither can find anything of his extreme enough to suit. It ha lived totlay lie would favor no license where public etu tlment waa atrong enough to make Hint policy aucceed, and ha would certainly oppose anything reaembling national pro hibition. The other day we were ap proached by a man brimful of ardor. "Lincoln," aaid ha, 'was a hypocrite. He wa a temporlser and coaajd, .In '65 he had a vast army at command. Why did ha not usa tt to put down drink?" That man doea more harm to the temperance cause than any other being In the town wheia he resides. In a book by O. C. Baker, published last year, la this state ment: "Mr. Lincoln la quoted aa aaylug: 'If the prohibition of slavery la good for tlia black man, the prohibition of the liquor traffic la equally good and conutitution.il for the white man." " Tea, he la "quoted" aa saying It, but he never did say It. The prohibitionists at tribute thla speech to April IS, 1865, the laat day of Lincoln's life, ao it ought 10 be possible for them to name the letter, or document, or speech. In which the words occurred. Actually, they were in vented. Juat aa that stupid proposition about fooling the people waa Invented alao. "Why is forgery deemed necessary to the prohibition causa?" We don't know. But It evidently la because the paper published right here in Omaha labeled "Official Organ of the Anti Saloon League of Douglas County," prints on ita first page the very same statements attributed to Abraham Lin coln ' The Omaha prohibition organ goes the others even one better by throwing in this for full measure and bringing It up one day closer to the martyr president's death: Afier reconstruction, the nest great ques tion will he the overthrow of the liquor traffic Abraham Lincoln to Mr. J. B. Merrlam, April 14. 1M6. th morning before he was assassinated. Here is some more food for the Collier man who has commissioned himself to keep Lincoln history strslght. The Monetary Commission. Recent criticisms of the Inactivity of the National Monetary commission appointed at the close of the long ses sion of congress in 1 ft 08, haa aroused its members to the point of furnishing some dsta concerning the work that has been done by it and the work still in contemplation. The commission Is composed of nine senators and nine representatives and Senator Aldrlch, Its chairman, insists that congress may expect a full and comprehensive re port submitted on or before the opening of the regular session in De cember. The commission hopes to formulate Its conclusions in April or early In May, to open It to public criticism and study before final consideration by congress. Senator Aldrlch explains that experts are working in foreign countries in the collection of data rela tive to European banking and cur rency systems and all features of the relation of the government to the banks will be fully considered. President Taft let it be known in his Inaugural address that currency reform would be a part of the legisla tive program urged by him in the regular session of congress next De cember and the people will naturally be deeply interested in the recommen dations of the monetary commission. It Is believed that the commission will advocate some sort of a central bank and a revision of the existing laws regulating the supervision of national banks. There will be relief over the promise that congress will direct In telligent consideration to a question that has been too long Ignored. Mr. Roosevelt's Scrap Book. Mr. Roosevelt has a keen sense of humor and we hope that he has, for the purpose of Indulging it, kept a acrap book in which he has pasted the toasts and the roasts of the last seven and a half years, with special refer ence to keeping track of the bouquets and brickbats that have come from a common source. If he haa kept such a record he must be chuckling over some of the additions made to the col lection aince his retirement from the White House. Here is one, for in stance, bearing date of March 7, which Is worthy of preservation: For seven years thla ruler whom God haa sent to the people fought as one In spired even and without fear and forsevtn yeara he labored as a God-made giant, that all should obey his commandments. It might cause a lot of guessing to place the authorship of . this highly eulogistic tribute if placed before the public unlabeled. It is from the pen of Thomas W. Lawson of Boston. The eulogy Itself is not so remarkable and to be appreciated must be scrap booked alongside this paragraph which Mr. Lawson spent many thousands of dollars to have printed In the ad vertisement columns of many Ameri can newspapers only last August: The reign of Roosevelt Is over. His eat-'em-allve teeth have been drawn by the System's expert, painless dentistry. His papier-mache battering ram, which made echo for his war whoops, has crumpled up against the hard, yellow metal bul warks of the Dollar hordes. If Mr. Roosevelt has kept a scrap book he may have a lot of fun on dull days In Africa reading what eminent gentlemen have said about him dur ing his term of office, compared with what they have said since his retire ment. Put Up or Shut Up. Why is The Bee dishoneat with ita lead ers in thla matter? Why ia It deliberately trying to deceive them by suppression and misstatement of facta? The Bee la well aware that the Boland bill, which It la aupportlng, makes possible the grant ing of a new franchise to the water com pany without the consent of the people of Omaha and In defiance of their wishes. World-Heraia. Why is the World-Herald dishonest with its readers in this matter? The World-Herald is well aware that The Bee has not said a word In favor of the Boland bill or any other bill or scheme to grant a new franchise to the water company, "without the consent of the people of Omaha and in defiance of their wlshea." The Bee challenges the World Herald to point out a single aentence , by which The Bee haa committed it self to the support of the Boland bill. The Bee hereby offers to donate One Hundred Dollars to any Omaha charity the World-Herald may name If It will find such a sentence In the editorial columns of The Bee. Wa do not even ask the World-Herald to put up One Hundred Dollars to a charity to be named by ua if it fails to find it. Put up or shut up. A great calamity haa befallen the city of Lincoln oru the fact that while quarreling over the provisions of their proposed new city charter every one forgot all about the munici pal primaries scheduled under the ex isting law for this spring and not a single filing was made for nomination for any of the offices to be filled. From this dilemma the only outlet is by running the candidates by petition. Lincoln, therefore, by accident rather than design, Is up against the very identical scheme of nonpartisan elec tions that aome of the ultra reform ers have been advocating. If the com ing city election la Lincoln goes on undisturbed and produces the munici pal millennium In the form of high class rounciltntn of unquestioned abil ity aud unimpeachable Integrity, we may all be for doing away with party nominations for city offices. Our demo-pop lawmakers are hesi tating nn passing their nonpartisan Judiciary bill, requiring all candidates for Judges to run by petition without party nominations. The bill is a con fession that the demo-pops stand no show to win any of the Judgeships this year under the old and accepted rules of the game and that they want to change the rulea so aa to befuddle the players and thua increase the percen tage In their favor. A bill pending in the Minnesota leg islature provides a fine of $600 on any chorus girl who wears red, white and blue tights and subjects the theater manager permitting auch dress to a forfeiture of his license. There is no authority under the constitution to prescribe the kind of color of clothes anyone shall wear and patriotism can not be legislated Into a people, but the freak legislator must have his dsy. The fear expressed by members of the Water board that they may be authorised to do something that they do not want to do Is characteristic. If the Water board la determined not to negotiate for a settlement of its litigation with the water company, what harm would be done by author ising it to negotiate should it change its mind, subject, of course, to ratifica tion by the people. The bill for the phyaical valuation of railroads, pending in the Nebraska legislature, has struck a snag In the discovery that it la a senate bill car rying an appropriation, when the con stitution requires all appropriation bills to originate in the house. A little thing like that should cut no figure with our democratic lawmakers. Wbat'a the constitution between friends? Hetty Green's daughter la teaching her husband that's a little awkward, but we can't think of the man's name to walk and save car fare. Possibly she feels that he ought to economize in order to contribute a little some thing to the support of his bard working mother-in-law. An actual count shows that there are 128 Japanese children in the pub lic schools of San FranclBCo and a to tal of 448 In the achools of the state. The sandlot agitators have been mak ing lots of smoke, with very little fire. The Missouri legislature has passed a law prohibiting the throwing of rice at newly-weds. According to that, friends of the happy couple will have to throw- tomatoes or beans or bananas. Really, It wasn't worth while for Secretary of War Dickinson to take the time and trouble to answer the charges against ,hls democracy pre ferred by former Mayor Dunne of Chicago. Women In the Balkans are arming and drilling to defend their homes In case of war. At the worat they will be able to waste no more ammunition than the men without hitting anything. Senator Chauncey Depew declares that he Is opposed to the direct pri mary system. Naturally, as he has long been wedded to the board of di rectors primary system. Coafldeaoe Trailed Dana. Chicago Record-Herald. There Is positively no truth in the rumor that the eagle on our 120 gold piece ia to be displaced by the possum. A Mavlasr Spectacle. Indianapolis Newa. Contemplate for a moment Speaker Can non aa a neoeaaary and efficient factor in the work of apeedily and effectively revis ing the tariff! It is good exercise for the Imagination. Solemnly Aoioaltia. Washington Herald. The United States senate will again' aol emnly proceed to tnveatigate the leakage of Ita executive aesaiona. A little salt sprin kled on the senatorial coat-taila will catch the telltale birds. Bargala Rates for Frleada, New York Sun. The Hon. Jim Dahlman, cowboy mayor of Omaha, haa declined to attend a Bryan dollar dinner. Wa think ouraelvea that the price' might be reduced to 60 cente for very old friends. The Battle Will Oa Oa. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The government haa lost an important fight. The war against corporate agres sion, however, will continue. If the Elk Ins law is Inadequate to cope with modern conditions, it will be amended. Thla vic tory over the government may give the trusts a temporary feeling of superiority to regulation, but the wlaer of them will not fall into the mental habit of believing themselves atrong enough to defy govern ment of the Vnlted States. Ga tke Limit. Philadelphia Record. Instead of talking about changing in auguration day until April, one would do better to advocate a radical and whole sale change all along the line. Elect in September, Inaugurate the flrat week in November and bring together the new congreaa at the aama time. When the government began in George Washington'a time, It waa atlll the period of stage coachea and river rafta. The government ought to be brought Into harmony with the "twentieth century limited" and wire leai telegraphy. Hoaesty Haa Higher Valae. Chicago Poat. Today a higher value ia placed on hon esty in thla country than haa been placed on It aince before the time when in foreign countries America and millionaire came to mean the same thing. In the paat men who wrote of manhood aa above money were called dreamers. It waa an eaty way to diamlaa and to discredit them. Theo dore Roosevelt refused to be dismissed, and the people would aot let. him be dis credited. It was a hard gospel that the president preached, but the country heard It willingly and believed it. Tbe United States 1n the last seven yeara haa had a revival experience of the kind which teaches the tailing lesson. Army Gossip Matters of Interest Oa had Back of the Tiring Line Oleaaed from the Army and Wavy kegtater. One of the Important new feature In army appropriation act Is that which will enable the War department to es abllsh separate and Independent detachments at army service sihool after the manner of the cavalry detachment at the Military academy. Steps will be at once taken 10 organize a detachment for station at Fort Riley and another at Fort Leavenworth. I'nder the law. all the service schools are Included In this arrangement, which has been In operation with the most satis factory results at West Point. H Is well nettled by regulation and prac tice that an officer of the army Is not entitled to milage in joining for duty upon first appointment to the military service from civil life. J. R. Lincoln of Dei Moines was appointed a brigadier-general of vrlunteers in i89 and was ordered to report to the fojrth army corps at Mobile. Ala., for duty. He waa Informed by tho adjutant-general of the army that he was not entitled to milage or transportation for joining first station, but, nevertheless, he filed a clslm in February. 19ns, for milage, which has been disallowed by the auditor for the War department and approved by the assistant comptroller of the treasury upon the grounds stated. The War department has no official In formation concerning the trial of Lieuten ant W. E. Parkman of the army medical corps, on duty at Fort Missoula, Mont., information of which incident Is Imparted In the newspaper dispatches from that place. It was known, however, that Lieu tenant Parkman had been confronted with charges preferred by Captain L. C. Dun can of the regular medical corps, who is also on duty at Fort Mlsaoula. The allegations were to the effect the Lleuten- ant parkman was not qualified for ser vice. Tho court-martial for the trial of the mdlcal reserve officer was evidently or dered from the department headquarter and from what la known at the War department Is the result of the criticism made by the regular surgeon of the poet. The president has under consideration the composition of the army court of Inquiry, tc consist of fiv officers not below the grade of colonel, to determine, under the Foraker act. the eligibility of former en listed men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who were discharged November 9, 1806, on account of the Browrsville affrav. The recommendation la to the efftct that the five officers to be detailed shall be se lected from the retired list. Inasmuch as the duties devolving: upon the court are destined to require much time In the ex amination of testimony and the preparation of a report which must be made Inside of a year. One of the suggestions Is that the president of tho court shall be IJeutenant General John C. Bates. U. S. A. retired, who Uvea In Waahtngton, and who Is ad mirably fitted In all respects for the task. Under the terms of tho law. the men who are restored are to receive, upon re-enlistment, the full pay and allowances they wruld receive from the date of discharge to the date of re-enlistment. The money value of the ration will also be added on the basis of its cost t the garrison of the reinstated troopers. It remains to be de cided how th department shall adjust the matter of quarters, but it ia presumed that thla will be on the baala of XI S per month per man. The quartermaster general of the army Is In receipt of samples of additional arti cle of heavy furniture, which it is hoped to purchase out of this years" allotment of funds for the further equipment of the quarters of army officers at all poets. It cannot be known to what extent the pur chase of thla material may be made until the receipt of the proposals, which will be shortly Invited upon specifications that are now being prepared. The samples under consideration are the of a library chair, bookcase, cheat of drawers., parlor table, and hat rack. All of them are of solid mahogany. The design of the chair ault able for a sitting room ia of the substan tia type, with a leather cushioned seat The bookcase will be a double nffair with glased doors, It remaining to be decided whether the panes win be of large plain glass or of the small diamond pattern. The bookcaae will be in ona piece and not of the aectional variety and will be about five feet high. The cheat, of drawers will be fifty-one Inches high by three feet six inches wide and contain five drawers. The table will be of what Is known as the library pattern, oblong In shape, with a shelf below. The exact type of hat rack has not' been selected, one pattern which the authorities are Inclined to favor being a mirror, around which are placed the pegs or hooks. This furniture will be purchased, or aa much of It aa may be acquired, out of the appropriation for the present fiscal year and will go far toward completing the list of articlea of heavy furniture which, the War department ! purchasing for offi cers' quarters. All Cabinet Records Beatea. Philadelphia Record The venerable James Wilson has al ready beaten all cabinet records by a service of twelve years, and he Is to remain in the cabinet to represent Iowa and pro mote agricultural prosperity. Mr. Taft could find no one more satisfactory to serve as the official farmer. His noble mission is to make two blades of grata grow where one grew before, and he ha attained marked success. Where Mar Seldosa Fall. Washington Herald. Th United States government might in crease the contenta of Ita atrong box some what, however, by taking charge of the police courts throughout the land. Fines are rarely thrown out there, we believe, on purely technical points. Aa Inhalation lor Whooplng-Cough, Croup, Coughs, Cold; Catarrh, Bronchitis, Diphtheria. Crsaslns la ) ta Aathmattaa. DoM tt bo4 mm mora aSatlita ta klMlk. is maaa lor duum of the araaibln ui Uam la tat im nsH( lata u swia f'.alaBa ran. LutlM U air. Ntbld atrstty aaiiaaptla. Is curia erar Ua diaraaa x,t. mrm hraatk. !?( BrOiaMatf M point a at traatnaat. It M oian ita amail aaudraa. ror imtata tnrnM there ta notiima bailee than Creaniana asrtaapbs Ibioat Tablaia. taa4 ga is snstsae for aaoipla bottla. ALL bftUOailTft. a4 Soaial (at aa orlBllvv Seekle. Tsaaraaa'aas Cs lau rattoa I (Ertab'iaiiaS irrt) I rSFaajaawssaaJsa TV R' yal Royal Baking Powder has not its counterpart al home or abroad. Its qualities, which make the food nutritious and healthful, are peculiar to itself and are not constituent in other leavening agents. KNOCKS AND BOOSTS. Crete Democrat: No one cares a snnp what The Bee says. The source Is con sidered. Hastings Tribune: The Omaha Bee has changed the style of Its headlctter In its editorial columns. We do not like the style Just adipted, but then, what'a that to The Bee Fullerton News Journal (dem.V Whatever Itosewater says you can bet the average republican county paper will endorse. We often wonder what these poor devils would do If tliey didn't have some one to mould their opinions. David City Press: In speaking of the action of the legislature concerning the bank guarantee bill, a staff correspondent of The Omaha Bee says: "Several of the republican members objected to the meas ure being rushed through, but they were outvoted." The Bee has been continually compltUnlng that the Nebraska legislature Is most lamentably slow and Is not ac complishing anything, and In the same breath objects to bills being "rushed through." Again it might be remarked that consistency is not one of The Bee's Jewels. Broken Bow Beacon: The Omaha Bee contained a large cartoon on its front page, last Sunday, representing a multitude of sheep going into the Wall street mill and coming out on the other side shorn of their fleece and through a trough on the side there waa flowing a big stream of dollars. Below the cartoon were the words, "Same Old Qame." Now the political party whose cause The Bee has advocated; all these years Is responsible for this Wall street mill. What ought the people to do with a paper that pursues the policy of The Bee, anyway? Humphrey Democrat: If the Lincoln rep resentative of The Omaha Bee would use half the energy he has been putting forth In an effort to discredit the present demo cratic legislature, toward tbe enactment of needed laws, the people would feel that there la aome reason In him drawing his weekly stipend at Lincoln. Before the legislature convened or the democrats who were elected last fall took their seata In office, this same representative started his tirade of. abuse of democratic officer, and ha has done a very creditable job of keeping it up. But, poor fellow, perhaps he is paid to do this very thing. PERSONAL NOTES. Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh la the eldest member of the Taft cabinet, being 66 years of age. Secretary of State Knox has three resi dences one at Washington, one at Pitts burg and one at Valley Forge. Senator Bailey had resumed relations with the White house. Most Roosevelt baiters seem disposed to forgive Taft for the past association, even though he haa not asked them to do so. Maxim Gorky rests secure In his retreat on the Island of Capri, knowing that Italy will not aid the Russian authorities in their efforts to cspture him. He is under the espionage of Russian spies, but he. is used to that. Booker T. Waahlngtpn was born near Hales Ford, Va., about 1869. His mother was a Slavs In the Burroughs family, where he wss known as. Jane Burroughs. Her husband lived on a neighboring plantation. Booker Washington waa educated at Hamp ton institute, Virginia, where he graduated In 1875. He taught there until he was se lected head of the Tuskegee Institute. Does not Color the liair AYER'S HAIR VIGOR Stops ratlin Hair An Elegant DrssMlntx Destroys Dandruff Makes Hair Grow Composed of Sulphur, Glycerin, Qulnin, Sodium Chlorld, Capsicum. Safe. Afcofcal, Water. Perfume. Ask your doctor his opinion of such a hair preparation. 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Farmer Honk (musingly) They any Deacon Klutchpenny'a wife was a paragon before he married her, and Mrs. Honk (briskly) Nothing of tha kind CI,--. - a . . I , U I 1 . 1 r . liy.-Puck. "No matter whether Inventors use sails or motors on their airships, there is One thing all will have to do." "What is that?" "Italse the wind." Palttmors American. Trusty Henchman Then you believe In a primary law, do you, colonwl? Political Magnate Emphatically, yes. H Is tho easiest of all games to beat Ohicaao Rocoid-Herald. "Thank you. son," said old Tlghtfiat to the boy who had run several blocks on n errand for him; "here's a penny fur ye." "Don't tempt me, guv'nor," aald the bright boy. "If I was ter take art dal. money I might buy a auto wid it an' git pinched for scorchln'." Catholic Standard and Times. "Little boy." said the lady, th heron plume on her hat. bobbing Indignantly, "you must not throw stones at the sparrows. It's cruel." The boy did not seem overcome. "I s'pose tie guy wat got do bold you're wrarln' used chloroform," ha responded. Philadelphia Ledger. "How did you find the Imported cheese 1 sent you?" "Find it? Wr didn't find It. Just ss soon as my wife's back waa turned it Jumped from the pantry ahelf, ran through tho back door, and when last seen was chasing a frichlnri-d automobile down the boulevard." Cleveland Flaln Dealer. SCOUTS OF SPRINO. . .. T. A. Daly In Catholic Standard. , The child at the window turned away With a parting glance at tbe leader, skies. And the look In the depths of bis wistful eyes Was hopeless and dull as they; So came the night down, cold and gray. When the unseen sun had set. a Cold as the ashes of yesterday The mo.-nlng break, and yet The scouts of spring were abroad la the night. I heard them riding the rain. I knew the touch of their fingers light As they swerved aside In their airy flight And tapped at the window-pans. They swarmed like bees In the outer gloom; T heard them whispering there. And 1 sensed them momently In the room When their breathing tinged with faint per fume The slumber-heavy air. So hither and yon they danoad and leapt. And over one pillow they softly crept And called to the wild Young heart of th child Till the little limbs stirred, and ths thin lips smiled And he laughed aloud as he slept. But there came a Changs at the wane of the night. And down from the hill Where they'd long lain still. The winds of winter rode forth m their might. The spring's outriders broke In flight, And up from the east rose the morning gray. Cold aa the ashes of yesterday. a "Wake," cried tha child betide my bed, "Come to the beochwood, sleepyhead. Wonders await you there. Fee here. Snowdrops, sweoteat and first of th year, , Wake, for the spring la com." ha said. Gray I the mornlnK. array and cold; ' Ah, but the depth of hla ahinlng eye. Blue aa the heart of -the violet, hold Joy and the glory of summer skies, And their secrets manifold.