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6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, MARCH 2."). 1W. Tim Omaha Daily Bee. FOVNDED 8T EDWARD R08BWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha poatoffloa as aacond claaa matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bea (without Sunday), ona year.. .140 Daily He and Sunday, one year bEUVEHED BT CARRIER. Daily Roe (Including Sunday), per week Wo Dally Be (without Sunday), per wk.. lo Kvnln F (without Sunday), rr week a Evenlna- Be (with Sunday), per week.. Mo Sunday Bee, one year J-M Saturday Be, one yar Address all complaints of lrregularltlsa la delivery to City Circulation Department. offices. Omaha The Bee Building South Omaha Twenty-fourth and. N. Council H luffs 16 Scott Street, Lincoln 61 Little Bulldlna;. Chlcaao IMS Marquette Btilldlnf. New York Rooms 1101-lloa No. 84 West Tlilrty-thlrd Street. Washington 715 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating- to news and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. 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Subscribers leavlac the city teaa pvrarlly ahoa!4 kave Tfce mailed to tbesa. Address will be chaasred as oftea reejaestcd. The new tax also applies to cold tea. May as well have your straw hat cleaned arly. "What Is a democrat?" is Will an unanswered question in the lower house of congress. It is barely possible that there may not be a democratic party to nominate Mr. Bryan in 1912. Speaking of the reforms in the Boutb, a negro murderer has been legally executed in Virginia. The dispatches fail to state whether Joseph Benson Foraker arrived at his Ohio home without further mishap. And still It is doubtful if plays pre sented in Latin will ever become pop ular In Omaha from a box-office stand point. ' If they really have tne kidnapers it is to be hoped Pennsylvania Juries will prove to be different from Nebraska Juries. John Hays Hammond wants the en gineers to go into politics. Sounds like a plea for a return to machine politics. , . If any Jobs held by republicans have been overlooked by the demo-pop leg islature it is by accident and not by intention. The Nebraska deposit guaranty law and the Oklahoma deposit guaranty law resemble each other most by their differences. If Mr. Roosevelt had remained Dres ident, would Mr. Payne have dared to introduce a tariff bill placing a tax on babv carrlaees? - ' Of course Mr. Roosevelt may get the sleeping sickness in Africa, but con gress will testify that he never had It in this country. ' - 1 Sir Thomas Upton Is going in for airships. Hope his Shamrocks have better success sailing the air than they did sailing the water. New York is to invest $80,000,000 in movable platforms. The city might effect a saving by buying from Mr. Hi van's surplus stock. Chances are that Mr. Cannon was never very badly scared, knowing the inability of the democrats to stick to gether on any program. Nashville claims a population of 170,000, or Just about enough to fur nish material for a Jury panel in a Tennessee murder trial. Wise theatrical managers will start their performances a little late until men become more expert In handling those 600-button gowns. Base ball managers who are now boasting of their rrack pitchers will a few weeks later be complaining about their cracked pitchers. This Is a free country and the Chris tian Scientist' who is ill need not call a doctor any more than a doctor who Is ill is compelled to call a Christian Scientist N Eugene V. Debs announces his dis appointment with President Taft'a cab inet. Too bad, of course, but Mr. Debs should have conquered his mod esty and spoken to Mr. Taft about it before the appointments were made. Deposit Guaranty in Nebraska. The legislature of Nebraska has passed a deposit guaranty law, pre sumably in redemption of the platform pledges on which the members of the demo-pop msjorlty were elected. The pledge in the democratic state plat form promised "prompt payment" of depositors tinder an equitable system, "also available to the national banks." while the pledge In the populist plat form promised "a compulsory bank guaranty law similar to the one now in force in Oklahoma." The new law proves to be a very sorry makeshift to take the curse off of a flagrant failure to deliver what wag promised. The new law, being a complete revision of the bsnklng laws of the state, has, of course, a few good features, more particularly with refer ence to bank officers borrowing all the money of their own banks, but outside of this the principal achievement is the ousting of all the present repub lican employes and examiners under the State Banking board and trans ferring these Jobs to the governor to be filled with the faithful at higher salaries. The guaranty fund feature promiGes to be chiefly a harmless pastime of ex perimental bookkeeping. Each bank is to open an account with a guaranty fund and at stated periods credit the account with items representing a cer tain percentage of the average de posits, and that is all until some bank breaks. When a bank Is discovered to be Insolvent application is to be made for a receiver, and ten days after the receiver is appointed notice is to be given not exceeding sixty days for filing claims. After the clainiB have been filed and proved the cash re sources in hand are to be used to pay the depositors, and If these resources fall short the deficiency Is to be cer tified to the State Banking board, which shall then draw pro rata on all the several hundred brinks supposed to be carryjng on their books their share of the guaranty fund; and when the money comes in It is to be turned1 over to the depositors, to be returned later to the contributing banks out of the proceeds of the receivership. The prospect of the depositor get ting all his money short of three months after the failure of the bank whose ready resources are Insufficient to meet the depositors' claims Is ex tremely remote. The guaranty Is, therefore, not for immediate or prompt payment, but for ultimate payment. As the ostensible purpose of deposit guaranty Is to prevent runs on shaky banks, the question is, Will the prom ise of payment after upward of three months prevent people from demand ing their money on the spot for fear.4t may be tied up in a bank failure? In. his Topeka address on "Guaran teed Banks," last August, Mr. Bryan's most potent argument was this:' , The Oklahoma plan Is working satisfac torily, A bank recently failed In Okla homa,, and within foTty-elght minutes after the notice of suspension the officer In charge had authority to pay all depositors and then the banking board proceeded to collect the assets of the bank and to prose cute the officials criminally. In Oklahoma the bank commissioner telephoned the farmers 1o come in and gpt their money, and the answer wss: "1 am busy today with my crop; I will he In In a day or two." Shattering: the Solid South. Thinking men south of Mason and Dixon's line are becoming thoroughly aroused to the political conditions of the south and are expressing both an eagerness and a determination to edu cate their people to follow the advice ' of President Taft and begin voting their principles instead of their preju dices and traditions, to the end that the south may break away from its political bondage and save the "solid south" from longer remaining as a signal for political mirth. These lead ers are taking up a consideration of the political conditions that now exist in their section and frankly calling at tention to the evils of the present sys tem and urging prompt action bring ing about a new order of things. Julian Harris, son of Joel Chandler Harris, has a striking editorial in the current Issue of "Uncle Remus's Mag azine," In which he handles the sub ject without gloves and calls attention to the danger to the political and In dustrial welfare of the south that lies In further adherence to the policies that have prevailed since the war. He denounces the "white democratic primary," which has destroyed, he declares, the buds of political inde pendence and robbed the south of its long-held power and prestige, until "the south's galleries of statesmen are today full to overflowing, but Its leg islative halls aro empty." As to the effects of this system, Mr. Harris says: In a primary for the democratic nom ination the race Is between democrats tor selection by democrats mid the result means an election. In nine cases out of ten there Is no Issue no pint form save democracy and. as In the two le cent gubernatorial primaries In Georgia, the result Is an outpouring of personal abuse, vicious cartooning, ami u flow of billingsgate that would make a flsh-wite faint from pure ecstary; the physiiul de ficiencies of an opponent are denounced front the platform with all the vigor of an attack on some venomous, man-eating trust, and not one atep forward Is taken In the path of educating the people in Usues that confront them, In the prob lems and perplexities of our more-thun-ever complicated machinery of govern ment. This condition is known of all men and Mr. Harris in nowise exaggerates in painting the picture of the evils of It. Closely allied with the white primary are the educational restric tions placed against the negro In the framing of franchise laws which have operated more to the injury of the whiten than of tha negroes. On this point Mr. Harris (edares: The educational restriction put on (ha negro has proved to him a stimulus to acquire an education. And he la olng to get It. Often he may not he able to reach to calculus and Greek, and Just as often when be can he is obnoxious: but thai Is beside the question. He rsn and will learn his three R's; and while the negro Is fitting himself for suffrage, there, safely sheltered by the "grand-dadly" clause, la sitting the Illiterate white voter Vhlstllng and whittling and forgetting that even grandfathers, though dead, soon become great-grandfathers, while the grandson becomes Impossible as an an cestor. As a result of these conditions the negro In a few years will be showing his qualifications as voter and the bal lot cannot be denied him, while the Illiterate w hite will remain as a double burden, for the method has kept the Ignorant white man at a standstill so that- his vote can not be counted against the black. The crying de mand, therefore. Is for an opposition party that will be able to rope with the democrats and demand a share of the educated negro vote. Until that is done the south, remaining "solid," must also remain hopeless and help less, its timidity and complacency de spised by republicans and democrats alike. Here Is Mr. Harris' remedy: One Is to demand control of the na tional democratic party and the conven tion, and then if the demand Is refused, take control and nominate Ita own man out of the south and begin a fight from the start, and to the finish. The other course is to break the "solid south." The greatest need of the democrat of the south Is a southern republican party with the lines honestly drawn on state and national issues and the con flict at the polls and In the campaigns carried on in a manner to enconrage independent thought and action to the end that the voter may be controlled by his sense of convictions rather than by traditions that do not apply to the conditions of today. Coffee and the Tariff. Som of the democrats in congress seem much worried over the provisions of the pending tariff bill relating to the duty on coffee, which is now on the free list and is to remain on the free list. The wording of the coffee sched ule is, perhaps, a little confusing, but there is no question as to Its purpose. The provision is as follows: Provided, that If any country, depend ency, province or colony shall Impose an export duly or other export tax or charge of any kind whatsoever, directly or Indi rectly, upon coffee exported to the United Slates, a duly equal to such export duty, tax or charge shall be levied, collected and paid thereon. As Brazil levies an export tax on coffee, the first conclusion is that the provision is designed to lay an import duty by this government. More care ful analysis shows that the provision is designed, under the scheme of a maximum and minimum tariff, to pro vide for a plan of retaliation in case Brazil should determine to assess an export tax against coffee specifically designed ior shipment to the United States. So long as coffee leaving Bra zil for the United States Is subjected to the same export taxes as coffee sent to Europe the Americans will have free coffee. The pending provision is aimed against discrimination against this country. Two-thirds of the world's coffee crop comes from Brazil. The United States, the greatest coffee-consuming country in the world, imported 982,254,832 pounds of coffee for the year ending June 30, 1907, of which 778,609,581 pounds came from Brazil, the balance being received from Guatemala, Costa R'ico, Porto Rico, Colombia and Peru. The average import duty of this product Is 8 cents a pound and the in crease between that figure and the price paid by the consumer ranging from 15 to 50 cents a pound is fixed long after Brazil has collected its ex port tax, which Is one of the chief sources of Brazilian revenue. The United States will continue, by force of circumstances, to use Brazilian cof fees, and Brazil will continue to levy an export tax upon it. The provision for a countervailing tax on coffee will not be used against Brazil so long ns that country treats the United States as well as it treats its other national patrons. Nevada's Stab at Bryanism. While Colonel Bryan was modestly recounting his own achievements at a birthday dinner In his honor at Lin coln, the legislature of Nevada, one of the three northern states that gave its electoral vote to the peerless leader In his last lor latest) race for the presidency, was voting down with true western emphasis a resolution endors ing one of the famous and favorite tenets of Bryanism. A few days ago a resolution was of fered In the Nevada senate demand ing the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 20 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth. The resolu tion was clearly offered in good faith, but the democratic members of the senate, with treason to Bryanism In their hearts, rushed to the aid of the republicans and voted the lesolu tlon down by an overwhelming major ity. In the campaign latt fall Mr. Bryan let it be known that he did not con sider the silver question dead by a long shot, insisting that every plank adopted by the democrats In l&9ti is stronger now than it was then. He expressed his deep conviction that there would have been no panic in 1907 if the country had followed his advice in 1896 and in 1900 and declared for the free coinage of silver. Some Nevada statesman evidently took the leader's words to heart and believed the time ripe to resurrect the sacred cause, even at the expense of ('hang lug the sacred ratio, but even Nevada has caught step with the procession that for thirteen years bag been marching away from Bryan's financial fallacies. Nevada's vote is "the most unkindest cut of ail." The water works question is not, Should the city own the water plant?" but "Should the city vote 16,500,000 to buy the water plant If by paying an exorbitantly excessive price !t foregoes all the advantages municipal ownership might bring." One of the candidates for the demo cratic mayoralty nomination boasts that he was born In Kentucky and that "the only way a Kenturklan gets away from voting the democratic ticket is by dying." Inasmuch as no democrat can be elected mayor of Omaha, except by republican votes. If he should by ac cident get the nomination, he will be out begging republicans to get away from voting the republican ticket. Mr. Harriman Is pushing the Mex ican Central railroad and expects soon to have rail conectlons between New York and Panama. New Yorkers, in stead of going to Coney Island on Sun day, may run down, and see if the Gatun dam Is holding Its position. The Bryanites have again discovered that Tammany Hall is a very bad bunch. It didn't look that way in the photograph portraying Mr. Bryan ex tending the glad hand to "Boss" Murphy on the platform of the Lincoln railway station last summer. Members of the Water board are going to write a series of articles on the water works question. They ought to do something in return for the money they have been drawing out of the city treasury all these years. Castro spoils a good story by an nouncing that he will not return to Venezuela and proves his wife's affec tion by explaining that she will not al low him to go back to be executed. Jacksonville, Fla., with a death rate 25 per cent greater than the birth rate, ought to put in a modest bid for the next national convention of the Funeral Directors' association. Miss Mary Oarden announces her engagement to a Russian prince. Mary has been doing so well in opera that she should be able to support a prince in comparative luxury. Well! Well! Well! Here is the local democratic organ putting in a boost for the senator from Union Stock Yards any animal that bears the democratic brand. Mr. Roosevelt eay, he has no fear of the dreaded tset!3 flies of Africa. It must be remembered that Mr. Roose velt had con trees on bis hands for some seven years. While the tax on cigarettes has been raised by the new tariff bill, District Attorney Jerome is in a measure con soled, as his salary has been Increased by $5,000 a year, Miss Jane Addams says American women are the most backward of all the English-speaking women. She must have watched them -getting off the street cars. On the floor of the Nebraska senate a physician accused a banker of being retained as a lawyer to push the osteo pathy bill. That's rubbing it In. Will History Repeat Itself f Baltimore American. History Is in the well known habit of re peating itself, but it is not likely that a new tax on tea will produce the same serious results which once followed such a move. Wise Old tiports. Minneapolis Journal. ' The senate Is already preparing to im prove the tariff bill, but will not disclose its plans until the president has had a chance to send In some nominations. The senate is a crafty old party. Territorial Officials Sailed Down. Boston Herald. Henceforward the governors of the ter ritories and other dependencies will find it to their advantage to keep away from Washington anil the lobbies of congress and to remain tit their Hsts until Bent for. That la the kind of disciplinarian the new secretary of the Interior appears to be. An lmposlugr Bnnrh, Charleston News ard Courier (dem.). Mr. Bryan Is displeased with Mr. Taft's cabinet, but for the sake of fair play he should announce the gentlemen whom he would have appointed to the cabinet had he been elected, so that the republicans could reply in kind. With Norman Mack as secretary of state, C. N. Haskell secre tary of the treasury. James K. Vardaman secretary of war, Josephus Daniels secre tary of the navy, t'rey Woodson postmas ter general, John Wesley Gaines attorney general, OUle James secretary of the In terior, Jim Dahlinan secretary of commerce and labor and George Fred Williams secre tary of agriculture the United Stales would. Indeed, be a woild power. Tariff Prophesies that Failed. Washington Star. The rtyne MH revises the tariff down ward, is to a certain extent a fulfillment of the republican pledge, and in that par ticular is a disappointment to the opposi tion. It has been freely predicted that no such proposition was possible frm a re publican quarter. We have heard from as high authority as Mr Bryan that u down ward revision of the tariff by the party in power might be expected slong with a re versal of the, law which wmld send water running up hill. But again, Mr. Bryan as a prophet has fallid Water is still obey ing the old law, and yet here is a recom mendation lo reduce the figures of a num ber of the Dlngley schedu4es. I pholdina t'lvll Service I. a nr. Boston Transcript. The bill that has just panned tile house with respect to appointments fur the next census Is along lines that it was pretty well understood President Taft stood ready to defend. The evasion of civ II service laws Is not likely to be easy under this admin istration. He was recently appealed to to Issue an executive order exempting from the rules the deserving widow of a man who had served In public life. While the case excited his sympathy, he yet refused the petition. He was for some time the president of the Cincinnati branch of the Civil Service Reform league, and the faith that guided him then he has brought un dimmed Into his new rcspunalblllty. In the Wsr department and In the Philippines he maintained the highest reform siandards. Washington Life Personality of George w. Wtckersham, tha Mew At torney ttenerrj. Public Interest Is directed toward the Department of Justice probably more than any other executive branch of the national government on account of the Imposing task bequeathed by Attorney tlr-mral Bona parte to his success ir. George W. Wirkor sham. The prosecution of combines, land grabbers, rebalers and like violators of law strongly appeals to the people who have been victimized directly or Indirectly, snd causes eager watchfulness of aels likely to determine the future policy of the depart ment, Washington correspondents wilh a chronlo dislike for Roosevelt policies, while applauding the new attorney general, at tempt to discredit the work of Mr. Bona parte. The source of these dlspsragmetits destroy their force. Concerning the per sonality of Mr. Wlckersham correspond ents are fairly unanimous In commending his ability and Integrity as a lawyer. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times notes an appealing change In the methods of the department. Ex clusion and seclusion was so conspicuous a feature of the department In the past that newspaper men cut It oft their visit ing list. Now the open door policy pre vails. To the newspaper who greeted Mr. Wlckersham on hla Induction into office he said: "Heretofore my clients have been Individuals and corporations. In perform ing my duties to them I have said nothing to outside persons about their matter. "Now my clients are the people of the United States from Maine to California, and my new clients should be kept Informed about my conduct of the interests which have been placed by them in my charge. I shall do It through you. They are your clients, too. and an Incorrect statement by any pf you will do harm to your clients and mine. Iet us work together." These were not his exact words, but they are near enough to them. They did more then anything else to confirm the Impres sion already gained that a new kind of attorney general had come to Washing ton. It was characteristic of him, and espe cially of his direct way-of going straight to the heart of a thing. If one were asked to sum up his character and methods In a sentence the words "directness'' and "clarity" would have to be In It. His methods us a lawyer Illustrate it. und are different from those of most law yers of prominence. While he never gives an opinion unless he is thoroughly posted on the subject, tho opinion, when It does come, comes wtih all the decisiveness and brevity of a shot from a gun. There are no "Ifs" In It, no "ands," no "buts." While the average lawyer gives an opinion with qualifying phrases, such as "on the other hand," or "In the event that so-.ind-so happens." Mr. Wlckersham leaves no sav ing clause. This combination of qualities Is part of the equipment which makes him so Im mensely valuable to corporations whose officers are not lawyers, and whose in terests are so vast that no mistake may be made. For Mr. Wlckersham is not made timid by the magnitude of the interests Involved in his case; Ms blunt, clear methods are the same whether the sum involved Is $50 or 13t.U00,O(M. An Illustration of this Is given in the case of his opinion on the Stelnway tunnel franchise, where $10,000,000 was Involved. It was on thu opinion on the legal rights of (lie company that this tunnel was built. 7110 matter was submitted to him at a time when the legality of tho move was being attacked on evory side. Mr. Wlckersham gave the company one of his direct, clear opinions. In answer to tho newspaper crusade all that Mr. Belmont had to say was that he and his associates had an opinion from Mr. Wlckersham that they had a right to build the tunnel, snd that they were building It accordingly. In othei words, the company staked 110,000,000 on Mr. Wlckersham's word. Every court to whleli the question has gone has upheld the franchise. Nor Is he :lawyer who delegates the study of cases to subordinates. lie does not take bulky volumes of evidence to clerks and have them read them through and make notes for his persual; he readH them at first hand and makes his own notes. Subordinates or others who bring him suggestions which he accepts get the credit for them; Wlckersham never steals it. At the age of 60 Mr. Wlckersham Is a good deal like Edward II. Harriman In appearance. He Is short not quite so short as Harriman being about five feet six and one-half and has tho Harriman nerv oub energy, the clear liar rimy; sight, the Harriman eyes, the quick, vigorous Harri man manner. Hla manner of speech is quick and easy. He never loses his temper, and In the most trying emergencies Is suave and cool. He takes everything evenly and never gets upset. He has a sense of humor and can take a Joke, even when It is on him self, and la good at repartee, thojgh he Is not a story teller. His iiersouullty, in a word, may be described as magnetic. A .ebraakat Instance. Philadelphia Record. It does not seem as though the practice of husband murder ought to be made pe cuniarily remunerative. A woman In Ne braska, however, who was convicted of killing her husband, has secured a Judg ment for $4,000 and Interest on a policy In the Modern Woodmen held by her husband. It Is true, she had been pardoned by the governor, hut that Is a very different thing from an acquittal. As she was convicted of killing her husband It does not look like good, sound public policy to permit her to collect his insurance. crsaitlea of tuantlt. Brooklyn Eagle. President Taft's state papers will need to be printed in poster type, three letters to the sheet. If he hopes to attain a respecta ble library shelf mileage. ' Wouldn't vou like . 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Tne pictures give only a suggeauoa of the tteauty ol the article b t 1 1 1 nail ai Miamliwii mil hi .sail Bl-Jl .u.lill m I in H' X Absolutely The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar MR. IIMVA AMI) i llK UPK A KKB, Voicing Charlies that t'annot lie u stnnllalecl. Washington Herald titid.). William Jennings Bryan Is rut appear ing at his best of late. If the random ex pression credited to him be correct and the editorial excerpts from his paper fairly represent him. he Is lacking that poise and breadth of view once so becoming in him. An Instance In point of his unwarranted, almost vicious, arraignment of Speaker Cannon. It is true that In the beat of the national struggle last year a contest con ducted on a deplorably low plane In many phases Mr. Cannon somewhat rudely as sailed Mr. Bryan and subjected himself to a counter attack quite Justifiable and In keeping with the day and time. But things that are taken as a matter of course in a campaign Jar mightily if re peated when tlie public mind is in a normal state. Whatever one may think of the system under which the speaker rules the house and It has not commended Itself to this newspaper certainly there is noth ing In tha speaker's record, or In his per sonality, that furnishes a legitimate basis for the aspersions which Mr. Bryan cat! upon him. If called upon to defend or sub stantiate his charge that Mr. Cannon 1.4 in the control of corporations and uses his high offrcc to further Iniquitous ends, undoubtedly tho Nebraskan would fall, and fail miserably. Nothing but humiliation could come ' to him as sponsor for such charges before any properly constituted tribunal. Moreover, If any such proot were forthcoming, a stigma would be put upon the entire msjorlty of the house. When Mr. Bryan or the press attacks the system there is solid ground to stand upon. That those democrats who broke from their" party to perpetuate the system will find difficulty In squaring themsclveV with Intelligent constituencies Is a fore gone conclusion. But attack upon tin speaker's character wilt not haxten a new era In the house. He Is what the majority makes him and would have him be noth ing more and nothing less. And Mr. Bryan has not helped the cause of reform by hla latest utterance personal to Mr. Cannon. PERSONAL NOTES. A Chicago paper observes that the sheriff talks like a sl rambled egg. He ought to have kept In his shell. Ai.y girl who has a waste basket in a fair state of preservation can have a nw spring hat without much cost. A few flowers and ribbons will do the rest. Territorial officers of New Mexico have been ordered to stay away from Washing ton utilise they have business th- re. How ever, an official generally can find busi ness at the point whence his salary eman ates. Proposals to tax bachelors have passed beyond the Joking stage. The jeglslatuie of New Jersey threatens to slap on the tax and banish a treasury deficit, on the prin ciple that people luxuriously fixed should pay the price. Who says Scotch humor is dead? Tin chairman of a Scotch corporation. tak"ii to task for sending notices to forty men known to have died years ago. replied that tho regulations demand that when a mem ber changed his address he must let the corporation know. An English clergyman was slttini? with Rudyard Kipling in his garden at Ih.itliiK dean, England, the other day, when a street organ struck up "The Absent Minded liig gar." The poet squirmed and presently said, "If It were not suic ide 1 would kill tho man who wrote that." If poets write doggerel, they must pay, pay, pay! SPRINGLIKE SMILES. "Hemember," said the second-hand cvnle, "that very man has a price." "Perhaps," answered Mctiator Sorghum: "bu when a man comes cheap enough to enable you to buy him, he uxu.illy Isn't worth having." Washington Slur. "That play had somo very mil oral touities." "Drama of domestic life. e:i'.'" "Yes; they had a new servant !n every scene, and the heroine wns a brunette In act 1 and a biond in act II." Kausaa t'lty Journal. t.ittlo Willie Say, pa, what Is a ripe, old u ge? Pa It's the age my sou at which a n an Is willing to admit that he's not the onlv dried apple in the pantry. Chicago News. "What's dls talk of u tree breakfast table?" asked Meandering Mike. "It's another political il'-, iim." unwi-rcd Plodding Pete. "It's something dal'll never happen as Ion as ricre's wood to tie chopped." Washington Star. Mrs. Jenner Iee Ondigo You bud those two old Isires at your party the other veiling? Gracious! How did you dispose or them?" Mrs. Leeder I gt them over into a tor- to have Teaspoon to pay for cipennci, and th Company's Extract ol Beef know by actual trial that wholesome sod far-coins ill GIVE Vi YOU $TH1S Vi TtA-lSP00N AIUJ MaVMMaMaaVafl Powder Makes the finest, most delicious bis cuit, cake and pastry; conveys to food the most healthful of fruit properties. tier. Introduced the subject of the Panama, cunal, and excused myself. They sat thcrn and wrangled the whole evening over the question of locks and sea levels. t'hleago Tribune. "I have a serious criticism to offer against this i-xqulslte little sonnet entlte. 'The Charge of tho 1 J gilt DriKHdf.' x.nd Hondearu Rimer, producing his monthly gas hill. "How Is that?" asked the cashier. "Well, you see the meter is wrong." Puck. "The boy wsnts to got well, doctor, so he rati go buck to Ills b.ilhon itscension experiments. Il'-'i got the aviation fever." "Humph! That may account for the rice in Ills teniperature." Hull iniore American. ROB EN REDBREAST. Kohln Hodbrrast. Welcome buck , With the sprhigtida On your track. (Hud to hear your Song again. With the patter Of the rain. Trees nil listen. Flowers wake; Worms are squirming l-'or your sake. "Come to dinner," Seem to say: "Then we'll with you Soar away. "Then we'll of you He a port. ' Pouring niuclc From you heart." . Welrome, Robin. Blithe and gay. Hope you've really Come to stay. Pi 111 keep on your , Overcoat. Pin some flannel 'Round your throat. Pon't let April Fool you. dear, Influensa StMl Is here. I'll be with you, HI id divine, When 1 cure this Cold of mine! West Point. Neb. O. W. CltOFTS The New Sack Without exag gerating the width of the shoulders, we have cut our Sack Suits this spring on newlines that give great ease and Freedom with out loss of the broad effect that is called athletic. We've a style for every figure of a man. BrQYmin&King '6 Company Fifteenth and Douglas Su. OMAHA WILCOX. Manager. 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