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14 TTTE OMAtIA DAILY BEEr SATURDAY. APRIL 3. 1009. The Omaha Daily 13e JTOLNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATER. t- ., VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha poatofflce a seennd tls.s matter. TERMS OP BUBSCRirTION. t'aily Ba (without Sunday). one year.. .H Dally Bee and ftunday, ons year ' DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Daily Ba Mm ludlng Sunday), per wek ir3 Pally Br (without Sunday!. per week.. Wo Evening Res (without Punday). per week c :vnlng Bee (with Sunday), per week.. 10o Sunday Bee. on year 'S gaturdny B, on year w Artdresa all complslnts of Irregularities In dlivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. nuncll Bluffs 15 S-ott Street. i l.tnroln 61 IJItle Building. ' hiragi 15 Marquette Building New York-Rooms 1101-UOJ No. 3 VVeat Thirty-third Street. , ... Washlngton-72i Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Be Publishing Company. Onlv 2-cent. stampa received In payment or mall accounts. 1'eraonal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CfRCt't.ATlON. Stat of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss: George B. Tsachuck, treasurer of The Bh Publishing company, being duly sworn. sa thst the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of March, 1IK. was as follows: 1 89,830 IT 98,990 ! 39.1M 1 38,930 S 39,300 19 39,000 4 39.980 20 39,390 f 38,930 21 37.850 38,710 22 38,980 7 37,000 28 38,970 t 38,940 24 38,830 9 39,100 2 ;8,940 10 39,090 S 39,380 11 38,830 2T .80 II 38,870 t 37,400 IS i 39.100 2 39.030 14 37,800 20 18.670 16 38,960 31 '43,360 JJ 38,880 " Total 1,307.480 Less unsold and returned copies.. 10,326 Net total 1,197,135 Dally average 38,617 OKORUK B. TZSCHl'CK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to hefore me this 1st day of April, 1909. M. P. WALKER. Seal) Notary Public. WHKX OUT OF TOW, ftabserlbers lea vlna; the city tem porarily shoald have The Bee mailed to them. Address will be rkaagrd aa oftew a reojaeated. Remember where you stored the pic nic basket? About time to begin doing your house hunting early. Congress is considering economy in everything but talk. A democratic legislature dies just as hard as any other kind. Wild geese and wild base ball pitch ers are coming up from the south. Oklahoma 1s besting Colonel Cody to It with a "Wild West" show this season. , Objections that will be raised later will not be "without form or sub stance." There is no risk in making your summer vacation plans. They are al ways subject to change. The hoube cleaning season and the municipal house cleaning season are, this year, here together. "Inquirer" is mistaken. The au thor of the tariff bill is Sereno J3. Payne, not 8erene O. Payne. . The emperor of China Is Just 2 years old In a country wher a thousand years counts as a day in history. If municipal ownership of the water works Is sure to save money to the tax payers, why a frontage water tax? Since Speaker Cannon has taken up the game, there will probably be a rad- Ictl reduction of the tariff on golf balls. v Servla is looking for a boss. Well, Joseph Benson Foraker and Thomas Collier Piatt are both out of employ ment. Governor Shallenberger Is on record as saying that we suffer from too many laws. Let the governor come to our relief. The house at Washington has de elded to allow the tea room and the free lunch counter to remain on the free list. The Filipinos have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Payne tariff bill, but congress has a chronic habit of disregarding the wishes of the Fill plnos. Mr. Hearst is also vociferating for the initiative and referendum. Is Mr Hearst a disciple of Mr. Bryan or has Mr. Bryan been converted by Mr, Hearst? It la announced that there are not doctors enough in London to take care of the sick. Those British are stub born folks, even to the point of select log a time to be sick. We presume the war In the Balkans was postponed because Richard Hard ing Davis notified the belligerents that he wouldn't have time to come over and report it this spring. "There will be no chance for Bryan's nomination in 1912." says Colonel Guffey of Pennsylvania, who may as wU get ready awhile to be thrown nut of the convention In 1912. Castro, Serbia and much of the tariff debate will now be retired to Inside pages to give the proper limelight to th budding stars thai are being tried out by the base ball managers Returning Tide of Immigration. More than 30.000 Immigrants ar rived In New York last week and the steamship bookings Indicate a record for the year that promises to equal the high mark set In 1907. How many of those returning are members of last year's emigration and how many are new to the country does not yet ap pear. Tn the first two months of last year the emigrants from New York exceeded the Immigrants In number by 108.000, whereas for January and February of this year the arrivals have exceeid the departures by 100,600. A repert has gone abroad throughout Europe that business depression In America has passed and that industrial conditions are rapidly nearlng the normal. Many of those who sailed for their native land in 1908 are now re turning and bringing others with them. That there should be such an in reaae in immigration at this season of the year Is a little surprising. There has been no such rapid revival of the Industries to call the workmen bark in such large numbers, but the mmigrants watch the labor market closely and are undoubtedly satisfied that their services will be In demand. There is reason to suppose that the de mand for agricultural labor will be greater than ever In the west and south and there Is promise of unusual activity in railroad construction work n several parts of the country. The building reports from different cities foreshadow great activity in that line, beginning early in the season, and factories are generally operating very nearly to capacity, despite the depres sion that always obtains when a tariff bill Is under discussion. The commissioner of Immigration reports that the sources of February arrivals are as follows: From Austria-Hungary .... .52,910 From Italy , 20.300 From the I'nlted Kingdom 8,S0f) From Germany 1,186 Of these the Italians are the float ng army, most of them making no ef fort to become permanent residents, but following the demand for labor. The Immigrants from other countries generally plan to become citizens, and their arrival In such large numbers creates a problem in the economic world arising from conflicts In dif ferent standards of living. On this ac count the government officials are making an extra effort to have these foreigners distributed throughout the country as much as possible instead of allowing them to form colonics and districts in the already congested large cities. The Brownsville Incident. President Taft has acted promptly in following the authorization of con gress for the appointment of a board of army officers for inquiry into what Is known as the Brownsville case. The board is composed of five brigadier generals of long experience and high personal character, thus furnishing an assurance that full justice will be granted to all concerned In the affair. The country will have an interest In the final disposition of the case on account of the desperate attempts of Senator Foraker and others to make political capital out of It to the hurt of the republican ticket In the last campaign. There has been the great est conflict of testimony and the facts of the Texas tragedy are still In dis pute. The troops were diHcharged by order of President Roosevelt because of the shooting up of the town by a mob, of which it is known that some were soldiers. The "conspiracy of si lence" was adopted to protect the guilty members of the battalion and the president determined to dismiss them all In the Interests of discipline. Under the act of congress the army board will have authority to recom mend for re-enlistment any member of the battalion who succeeds In convinc ing the board of his innocence of com plicity In the affair. This is all that the soldiers or the public could ask. Appeal for an Explorer. The facility with which Americans lose Interest In and track of adventur ous explorers who get out of touch with the regular news channels is illus trated by an appeal just Issued by Ad miral Schley, president of the Arctic Club of America, for funds to equip an expedition for the relief of Dr Frederick A. Cook, now lost in the north polar regions. No word has been received from the Cook party since March 17, 1908, a little more than a year ago, and friends of the ex plorer fear he may be 111 or stranded through some accident. Dr. Cook is a Brooklyn physician, who was with two of the Peary expedi tions. He started for the north pole, via Greenland, early In 1907. He reached Cape Sabine about March 1, a year ago, and struck out straight for the pole. The last report from him stated that he was at a point about fifty miles north of Cape Thomas Hub bard, ou the polar sea, and that all with hlra were well. The explorer had planned to return by September of last year, but as no word has been received from him, the Arctic club proposes to equip an expedition for his relief at an expense of about $30,000, which it is desired to raise by popular subscrlp tlons. The Cook expedition was encour aged by the National Geographic so ciety, which had already benefited by his exploration of Mount McKinley and In other work, and there will nat urally be a generous response to the appeal for funds for his rescue, if he Is still alive or. should misadventure overtaken him, to bring back his re mains for sepulture. At the same time there must be regret at the toll of life almost annually demanded from those who persist in these polar expeditions the result of which, even If the pole Is finally located, can not be of much value to S'pnc! or benefit to mankind. Foolish Railroads. All the railroads doing business in Missouri have agreed to utilize the de cision they secured from Judge Mc Pherson overturning the Missouri 2 cent fare law to put their passenger rates up again to a 3-eent basis. When the passenger fare legislation was pending the railroads would have been very glad to have compromised on 2 Vi cents. They have admitted that the abolition of the free pass has brought them a enug addition to their passen ger revenue, but they now want to keep this and exact the full 3 cents a mile as before. In other words, they want to get the benefit of all the legis lation that brings them more money, but to make no concessions whatever to ,the traveling public. The Missouri railroads are acting Just about as penny wise and pound foolish as did the Nebraska railroads when they refused to pay up their taxes. The average railroad man can see no further ahead than the ticket window. He prates about the desira bility of co-operation between the rail way and the public, but when he has a chance to co-operate he refuses to yield a single inch. If the railroads attempt to repeat their retaliatory Missouri performance In other states that enacted 2-cent fare laws they may expect to have their hands full. A Law Ignored. The Omaha charter bill, carrying an emergency clause, was signed by Gov ernor Shallenberger last week. It be came effective as a law the moment the gubernatorial signature was at tached. That section of the bill re lating to the Board of Fire and Police commissioners for Omaha contains the following proviso: Provided. That the governor of the state hal). within ten days after this act takes effect, appoint four persons, citizens of lie clly possessing the qualifications for the office of fire and police commissioner prescribed In this act. to serve until the first general election following and until their successors are elected and quallf' J. Notwithstanding the mandatory lan guage of this act, the governor has al- owed the ten days to go by without taking any action and the time is up when he can make further police board appointments. Why the gov ernor should sidestep a duty Imposed on him by a law which he, himself, has signed is not clear. Evidently he did not care to reappoint all the members of the present board and feared to ap point others to succeed them. Presumably the existing police board will continue as holdovers until their places are demanded by duly elected and properly qualified succes sors. Should any vacancies occur In the police board membership by death or resignation within the next six weeks they would be filled by appoint ment by Mayor Dahlman the very thing which the law-makers who framed the charter bill insisted they wanted to prevent. Formal acknowledgement has been officially made at Washington that while Charlemagne Tower was ambas sador to Berlin he convinced the Ger man government Impomoea batata Convolvulus batata, Batata edulis and Solanum tubersum are not identical, but wholly different species. This vi tally important question having been settled, the country may now proceed with the discussion of the Faster hat and the tariff bill. The salary of the county attorney in Douglas county has been boosted so that hereafter the county attorney drawing $4,000 a year will practice before district judges drawing $3,000 a year. When a Judge wants promo tion it will be in order for him to as pire for the county attorneyship. If the School board has a rule against soliciting money In the schools the rule should be enforced In spirit as well as in letter. Soliciting com mittees that are shut out of the front door should not be allowed to go in through the back door. Beginning with April 1, the federal laws bar Importation of opium except for medicinal purposes, and then only under the most stringent regulations. The Chinese may not be so eager to come to this country after this. Mr. Roosevelt may feel lonesome when he reaches Mombasa if he is not met by a delegation of citizens with a brass band and compelled to listen to an address of welcome from the chair man of the reception committee. Chicago women are taking the most active steps to secure a reduction of the tariff on shoes. Is this an admis sion that the Chicago women have to have more leather for their shoes than their sisters elsewhere? Will the Boston man who says that killing lions In Africa is as easy as shooting cows In a barnyard please state how many lions he has killed In Africa and how many cows he has shut in barnyards. Regardless of the fact that he owns practically all the coal fields in West Virginia, Senator Elkina is bitterly op posed to placing coal on the free list. A Chicago citizen shot his wife when she asked him to stop drinking. Theme Chicagoaug, are great sticklers for eti quette and personal right. Another hole in Nebraskas direct primary law has been dittcovered In that it fails to make any provision for the selection of campaign committees In city campaigns. A political cam paign without a campaign committee would be a novelty. Indeed. If the wholesale grocers only shipped their freight In Pullman cars they, too, might have had a valiant champion In the senate. Castro Is nearlng South America and we shall soon know the worst, or the best, owing to whether the Venezue lans allow him to land. So Side t.laea Permitted. Pittsburg Dispatch. Giving up a $30,000 railroad Job to work for the government at $7.5iO a year Is true patriotism. But It must be stipulated that the patriot la not to do sny work on the sld for the railroad while holding the government position. A Distinction Pamprd In. Chicago Trlhune. It did not take those Indians In Okla homa long to discover that there Is some difference between being protected In a reservation by regulars and having to fight a rough and ready state militia and a reinforcement of maddened farmers. Rnthaalaam of a Convert. Boston Tiantcrlpt. It would be difficult to decide which Is the more enthusiastic admirer of President Taft, Cannon or Tillman. The Intter says: "He Is a patrlttlc, Just-minded, big-henrted man. He will be popular in every section of the country. He will bring about an era of good feeling " Experience Raises Doubts. Indianapolis News. There are Increasing evidences that a considerable number of people do not agree with the conclusions of Mr. Clifford Pln rliot, expert and specialist, that a tariff on lumber makes no difference whatever, and that we should let the Lumber trust do us for our own good. Disaster Averted. San Francisco Chronicle. Iowa has Just had a lucky escape from a great disaster. Its legislature on Friday voted down a bill In the house making the state the guarantor of deposits In banks. Had the measure paswed the people would lave found It necessary to dig deep cellars tc retreat to In order to escape financial cyclones. IUT.HE -POLITICAL MVSTEKV New York's Governor aa a Man of Deeda. 7 Minneapolis Journal. Governor Charles E. Hughes if New York is today the enormous myslerv of American politics. It Is n after of common reprrt that Oovernor Highes has no Inti mates, that he works with nobody, that he has no friends In the legislature. The leg islation lie proposes Is always "doomed to Ignominious defeat," and Hlways passes triumphantly. The governor himself is al ways on the brink of helng 'rejected," hut lie never Is. When his firt (crm is governor was about to expire, Governor Hughes was shunted aside by the statesmen. He was not to be renominated, because In their Judgment he could not be re-elected. When he had become thoroughly convinced that all the leaders were Rgalnst him. Oovernor Hughes announced that he would "accept" a renominating Without a campaign, a barrel, a bcodiiuarters or a promise, he was renominated. Absent from the state during a largp part of the campaign, mak ing speeches for Taft. his defeat for re election was carefully planned by a coali tion of all the democrats, all the dissatis fied republicans, all the race horse njen and all the liquor Interests. Oovernor Hughes was re-elected by S3.O0O plurality. In his first term, he ptoposed the public utilities commission bill, which was im mediately "doomod" by the politicians. It passed triumphantly. He demanded the race track bill, which was ignored, des pised and rejected by the wise ones. On the first essay It was beaten In the senate by a tie vote. A senator died, and the peo ple returned a member favorable to the bill and at a special session It became a law. Now Governor Hughes Is In a contro versy with the leaders over a direct pri mary bill. As usual it is doomed to de feat. There is not a politician who does not denounce It as "rotten;" not a ma chinist who does not deplore Its popullstic tendencies, and predict its "utter rejec tion." There la every reason, then, to be lieve that the bill will pass, and the mys tery of Governor Hughes will continue to deepen. It looks as though he would some day reach the White House, without a friend on earth to put him there, without votes and without support. It would be no more mysterious than his clairvoyant influence over a wolfish legislature and a degenerate party leadership in the Empire state. POLITICAL DRIFT. Io Angeles thinks the recall system of disposing of unfaithful officials Is the brightest Jewel in its political crown. -The town wouldn't trade It for an Irrigated farm. The new solicitor general of the Depart ment of Justice, besides being a Ya!e graduate. Is an expert golfer, a qualifica tion that beats tennis talent by a mile Just now. The Commmier. hsvlng denounced Con gifShman Fitzgerald of Brooklyn for going over to the enemy on the rules Issue, leads the Brooklyn Eagle to remark that the ac cused member Is the "rising hope of a stne democracy." When oracles disagree who shall decide? The senatorial deadlock In Illinois con tinues unbroken, resisting the assaults of all combination busters and growing tighter with each passing day. Mr. Hop kins' candidacy appears hopeless, but he wl'l dictate his successor unless party lines are broken down In the final charge. Children are so unpopular with land lords that an Illinois legislator has intro duced a bill which provides that It shall be unlawful and to be against pulil c policy for any landlord to discriminate against families where ther are children under II years old It is also declared to be equally reprehensible f r any landlord to Inaert a clause forfeiting a leaac in case a baby Is born to the tenant family or a child Is adopted. A similar measure has been In troduced in the New York legislature. The Natl nal Democratic club of New York 'ity lias issued Invitations for a din ner on Jefferson's birthday. April 13. to be held at the lintel Savoy. Champ Clark is to be thu principal speaker. Governor Harmon of Ohio. Governor Marshal nf Indiana and Senator Thomas P. Grady t.t Tammany are to he th other peakr. It Is said that Keprecer lal 've Clark s to i omment on this occasion on the course of Hepresentlve Kltsgerald of Brooklyn and other democratic representatives who sided with Speaker Cannon In the recent controversy In the house of representatives. nr;s iiv 11 iii i r i Absolutely Dfracv Baldn jt Powder made from Makes the finest, most delicious bis elmr d Patry ; conveys to food Tartar In Other Lands Bid Lights en what Is Trans piring 4 moor ths ICsar and Tr nations of the Earth. Jingoism Is a dominant force In the nollt- Ical activities of the old world. Inrrvsaprl irmaments, both military and naval, over hadow all other dementis on the treasuries of nations. Questions of social. Industrial nd economic character Dress In vain for solution, while organized and systematized Jingoism, with impressive appeals to na tional pride and national fears, sweep aside calm leadership and marches triumphantly to the treasury. Three of the four leading powers of the old world Great Britain, Germany and Fiance are confronted with national deficits, exceeding $100,000,000 In each case, and are raking the productive resources of the people for new source nf taxation. Tho task of raislnir lnrro.H revenue in Germany would not be serious or oppressive if the consent of the Releh tag can be obtained, but the dlfflcnltv ii. In holding together a majority of the sev eral party divisions on a policy of increased axation. France has exhausted every source of taxation and Is now striv ing to fashion an Income tax which m,m place the Increased burden on the rich Great Britain is situated much like France. Inheritance taxation has been pushed to the limit, and Incomes must hear much more of the load which sea power presses to trie rore. In England nubile sentiment emphatically demands continued supremacy of the sea. going so far as to demand that the ministerial policy of four Dreadnoughts a year be raised to eight, involving the gi gantic sum of 80,fj00,000 for construction atone, me agitation for the nronn.,l in. crease has a political motive. The con servative minority takes advantage of the invasion scare and uses It as a means of embarrassing the ministry and discred iting the party in power. The situation In the three nations bodes 111 for taxpayers. The continuance of Increasing armaments, particularly naval expansion along the linen now followed. Justifies the prediction of Sir Kdward Grey, British secretary for for eign affairs, that the present policy. If per sisted in. Inevltablv leads to bankruptcy. The famous Berlin treaty, designed by the diplomatic giants of Europe, thirty years ago, to safeguard the buffer atatea of the Danube from aggression and to block Russia's highway to Constantinople, has been repealed and repudiated by the stronger power In the usual way. By the terms of that treaty the political condi tion of the Balkan states was not to be changed without the consent of the signa tory powers. When Austria annexed Bos nia and Herzegovina there was a demand for reassembling of the Berlin congress. Kngland. France and Italy desired to be consulted. Russia seconded the motion. But Germany asserted the question of call ing the congress was debatable, and pro ceeded to debate It In that forceful, ag gressive tone which superior gun power lends to diplomacy. The result of the de bate Is to be seen In the surrender of the pretensions of 6ervia as the guardian of the Slav frontier, the acknowledgement of Austria's primacy In the annexed states and the practical abrogation of the Berlin treaty. No political event In recent years more effectively proclaims the dominance of Teutonic power in central Kurope. Aus tria and Germany, acting as a unit, con stitute a Dreibund before which. Russia re. treats anil the chancellories of other powers maintain sullen silence. The retirement of William O'Brien from Parliament and from political life simpli fies the situation for the Irish nationalist party, and makes for unity and progress In Ireland. Mr. O'Brien has been the "stormy petrel- of Irish politics in recent years, an aggressive leader of the small element which would destroy when It could not dictate. The faults of his later years In antagonizing the policies of his asso ciates may well be overlooked In considera tion of a lifetime loyally devoted to the betterment of his people. A man of bril liant attainments, a forceful Campaigner, an editor with a flow of Invective rivalling the late Charles-A. Dana, Mr. O'Brien fit ted his sphere of life like a glove, and. like scores of his compatriots, suffered and sacrificed health and material things for the cause. The proposed tiuth African union Is moving steadily toward completion. A recent convention of tlm progressive parly of the Transvaal voted unanimously in favor if accepting the duft of the consti tution which is before the colonial councils for ratification. The delegates, who repre sented every district in the Transvaal, wisely decided not to press amendments which might endanger the success of the wholo scheme. The unanimity of the con vention practically insures the approval of th colonial councils. In which progressives exercise a conlmllina Influence The humiliation of Set via as a w srring element in the east Is somewhat relieved , by the trown prince's resignation uf the flfr the most healthful or truit properties. right of succession to the throne. The Servian throne is not the mnst attractive piece of royal furniture In Europe, but it serves the purpose of providing a Job and living for some frayed remnant of a royal family. The blood-stained crown which King Peter wears will descend to his second son by the new arrangement, but the retired heir will continue to draw out of the public treasury sufficient funds for a hot finish of a career of dissipation and crime. In comparison with which a red light district Is a moving moral show. The Turkish nsvy manages to keep afloat and present an outward appearance of prerarelnejs. No'.; ing more. But the ,riwn ing battleships, If not ornamental, are not wholly useless. A recent Investigation of a warship at Constantinople revealed the quarter deck turned Into a. kitchen garden and the sailors diligently cultivating cab bages and artichokes. The spectacle Is not inspiring as .a war exercise, but It has compensations for the sailormen, who have been long on premises and short of rations since Abdul Hamld started his harem. The enthusiasm aroused by the offer of Canada and Australia to contribute two modern Dreadnoughts earh to the navy of the mother country died down to a whisper aa soon as the guards on the headlands measured the strings attached to the offer. Both colonies want the ships they build lo cated and maintained In their respective waters. Only this and nothing more. How these Dreadnoughts would banish the scare and check the North Sea Invader Is be yound the mental grasp of the affrighted. Aa Impressive Memorial. Springfield Republican. It Is an Impressive memorial which Min i csota sends to congress on behalf of the free listing of lumber, lumber products anj coal. Only one vole in the legislature of that atate dissents to a resolution urging its representatives to work for this re form. Minnesota has had large experience with the lumber tariff and speaks with coi tiderable weight for free timber. Promotion Possible for Aldermen. Cincinnati Enquirer. That true greatness Is unconquerable Is shown by the Just revealed fact that Abra ham Lincoln once served as an alderman In Springfield, III. But, then. It may be urged that they had no franchise questions in those days. When Silence la Golden. . Chicago Tribune. The hosiery manufacturers are eloquent about the additional work a higher duty would provide for American labor. They are silent about the tax which would be levied, on American labor mainly for their benefit. SPRING HEADWEAR No exclusive hat store has a more com plete line of Headwear than you'll find nere. All the new Derbies and Soft Hats for the early Spring are now ready. You'll find this advantage here: Wc have all the shapes of all the good makers. You are not confined to a single style. "BrQwning.King 15th and Douglas Sts. i But Little Used A Genuine Mahogany Upright J KRANICH & BACU PIANO It cost new $500. Buy it on Saturday for Terms: Cash or Payments. I A.. HOSPE CO. STOUT OEMS. Cyclopedia The Unabridged Dictionary Is giving himself all sorts of airs. Current Novel Why so? Cyclopedia Because his appendix has been cut out. Baltimore American. "You favor rich men as representatives abroad?" "Yes. A man who can hold his own lit American finance ought to be smart enougn to make a first-rate diplomat." Washing ton Star. The Maid Do yes know anythln' abojt them people that Jist moved in thre doors beyant? The Garbage Man Naw, I dunno nnthln' about 'em but they have awful swell will. Puck. Towne Scauffer says he never prayed In all his life. Browne Well, well, what a monotonous life he has led! Evidently he has never been In a tight place. Catholic Standard and Times. "Which do you regard as preferable, In strumental or vocal music?' "Well," answered the coarse person, "I should say that a vocal performer has the best of It. A pianist can be laid up with a sore finger, but I should think a tooth ache would be a sort of encouragement to a singer to let his voice out." Washington Star. BY WAY OF GREETIG. Welcome, Mr. Blue-bird, With yer liquid note.. Heenis like blue sky melted. Trlcklln' from yer throat. Mornln', Mr. Robin Yes, I see you there But of poet's welcoming You have had yer share. Blackbird on the cottonwOod Yea, I have you sighted And to welcome you again, Sure, I am delighted. Ah, there's Mr. Redwing Don't you hear his "klur-wee?" "Spring Is comln'." does he say? Well, I wish she'd hurry. Hi there. Mr. TIeaderlark.. Well I know that bubble Burstln" from the greening grass 'TIs an antidote fer trouble. And I know those tiny wings Fleeting aa an arrow. 'Cause 1 heard you on that elm, Mr. chipping Sparrow. Hello. Mr. Warbler.. In yer suit of yeller; 'Pears like you must ba the voice Of the sunshine metier. How'dy. Mr. Flicker With yer smart rad cap, Well I know yer antics An' yer ringing "yap." And all you precious blrdyklna. With yer notes of glee. Make this dreary frost-seared earth Ring with melody. But what's the use of verslfyln' 'Bout you feathered elves, Er makin' 'pomes' about you? Fer you're the pomes' yerselves. Omaha. BAYOLA. NE TRE1,E. & Company R. S. WILCOX, Mgr. . $250 I B I Street. JeTT o l I mam kJ
