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Are you a "Mike," or only a "Jim?"
It la three strikes and out for Abdul
Hamld. ' '
The senatorial toga of Mr. Honklna
of Illinois has been made over into a
sweater.
Harvard university has been vindi
cated. It has developed a no hit, no
run pitcher.
Grain la going down on the produce j
exchanges just aa it begins to come up
on the farms.
Has no one Identified himself yet. as
the one thousandth
member of the
Commercial club?
All that wild talk about a "fake
committee" assuming to fill vacancies
on the republican city ticket will now
have to be withdrawn.
The congress of international law
has declared in favor of peace. At
present rates it Is a question which Is
the, more costly, war or lawyers.
A St. Paul pastor has opened what
he terms a "Spooning Parlor" in his
church. Heretofore the choir loft has
answered the purpose fairly well.
Omaha has paid out more In Judg
ments since it had a democratic city
attorney than It ever did before in the
same time. Moral; Get another at-
lorney, I
A half-milllon-dollar deficit, which
must be made good by taxes or a bond
Issue, is the legacy Omaha gets from
the democratic management of city
affairs.
Russian tent stakes in Persia are
likely to remain as markers of the new
boundary line.- It is not always safe
to call In big neighbors to settle fam
ily rows.
It Is now up to our amiable contem-
porary. the World-Herald, to swallow
the police commission dose mixed for
it by the "Jims" and try to look pleas-
ant about it.
Omaha cast the biggest vote in Its
history last fall and now for the Ira-
pending election has registered several
thousand more voters. That
like increasing population.
looks
A New YorK paper gravely an
nounces that the Paris gowns which it
was sought to smuggle in belonged to
rich women. Did anyone suppose they
were Intended for a coal heaver's
wife?
A student ot drowning says a
knowledge of the Bible is essential to
an understanding of the poet. When
the biblical controversies have been
settled, when will there be time re
niainlng in the ordinary life to fight it
out over Browning?
It la suggested the Missouri lee-lsla-
tor who introduced the antl-treating
blli was fresh from the experience of
having dropped In on a strange bar-
tender with only the price of one beer
in his pocket and found half a doxen
friends lined up.
Two Japauese warships are visiting
the Pacific porta on a friendly mission.
Sao Francisco, having bad its annual
outbreak and worked the anti-Jap bile
ut of its system, will, it is hoped, be
a Its good behavior and show the
.sitors as much courtesy as Japan ex
.uxded to the American fleet
The Completed Ticket.
The decision of Judge Redick ifflrmi
the action of ths republican city com
mittee In filling out the ticket nomi
nated it the primaries by naming
candidates for the vacancies for the
offices made elective too late for candi
dates to file In the primary.
On the republican side this adds to
the regular party nominees the names
of George W. Craig, for city engineer,
and Fred 11. Hoye, William J. Hunter,
Charles J. Karbach and William F.
Wapplch for police commissioners.
The Rm haa already railed attention
to Mr, Craig's superior qualifications
for the office of city engineer by reason
of his service for many yean as deputy
under the late City Engineer Rose
water. Of the republican police commission
ticket Mr. Karbach Is at present a
memher of th hoard, having been an-
, , . ,
pointed by the governor as a repub-
llcan to succeed one of the republican
.p-iened from the nra-
memuers who resigned from tne pre-
viou board.
Mr. Hove has served In the city
council with a creditable record and
Mr. Wapplch was one of the nominees
on the republican legislative ticket
last fall.
Mr. Hunter has been In the grocery
business for many years and rendered
specially good service once as member
,ne Board of Review that grappled
with the then existing Inequalities In
our tax assessments.
AH four of the police commission
nominees are taxpayers and business
or professional men lu good standing,
wh will bring common sense to the
management of the fire and police de-
partroents and the enforcement of the
excise laws.
Advanced Step in Publicity.
Comptroller of the Currency Murray
proposes a new departure in the next
call for a bank statement to make the
result far more comprehensive than
heretofore Prevlon. rnlla have rone
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only to national banks and the sum
mary has therefore been but a partial
epitome of . the nation's financial con
dition. Several states have ' already
adopted the plan of calling for a state
ment from banks operating under state
charters of current dates with those of
the national banks, and this Idea has
so appealed to the comptroller that he
will try to make Its adoption univer
sal. The comptroller, of course, has
no power to compel state banks to
make returns to him, but as the data
are to be trea,ed 88 confidential and
used only in a general summary, it is
thought the banks, with few, if any,
exceptions, will gladly respond to the
request
If the plans of the comptroller are
successful It will make the statistics
of immense value to the financial
world as affording a perfect reflection
of the condition of the country.
Wherever the call la seconded by the
state banking authorities, aa has been
the custom In Nebraska and a number
of other states, It accomplishes another
useful purpose in placing a restraint
upon bank pyramiding and transfers
of assets from banks of one class to
those of another for a showing which
otherwise might disclose a weakness
of which the public is entitled to
kuow.
Trust Prosecutions.
The newg from Washington that the
administration proposes to push to an
early determination all the pending
cases under the anti-trust, anti-rebate
and similar laws, simply confirms
what was stated in broad lines In Mr.
Taft's Inaugural.
Cases . now pending involve prac-
tlcally all, if not all, the legal prob
iems presented and their determlna
tlon will serve either to make a firm
foundation on which to proceed or
demonstrate wherein the laws are
weak and Impotent and point out
amendments necessary. A thorough
threshing out of the cases now pend
Ing will serve a far better puritose
under existing conditions than a mul
tlpllcity of new actions, which could
only divide the energies-of the De
partment of Justice. Forgetting that
much of it is unexplored legal ground
and the adaptation ot old legal prin-
clples to new conditions, people are
prone to be Impatient of delays and
demand Immediate results, beyond the
power of accomplishment
Giving unaiviaea attention to pend
. .i .
ing actions will clear the decks of
I many of them before the adjournment
1 ot the regular session ot congress
which itieets in December, and if the
laws as they stand do not reach ad
tnitted evlla they can be changed In
telligently, for the character of the
defendants and the importance of the
interests at stake fnake it a certainty
there will be no loophole of attack
I overlooked.
The Forgotten Great
The remains of Major Pierre Charles
L'Enfant were disinterred one day re
cently at Washington and are to be
given a reburlal at Arlington, where
their resting place is to be suitably
marked. Thousands of people who
dally see the magnificence of bis hand
iwork and millions of others who take
pride la Us reputation will be lorced
to 80 toih encyclopedia to learn
who Major L infant was. Horn in
Paris, he was one or tne Dana or
Frenchmen who came to America to
assist in the struggle for Independence,
but it was not in this direction that
his chief claim to fame ilea. He drew
the plans for what is now the capital
I city of the nation and so perfectly
I was this work performed that millions
I of dollars were subsequently paid tor
executing the portions of them which
the builders ot the city and congress
- I bad changed
I If St. Paul's in London is a fitting
monument for Its architect. Sir Chris
topher Wren, how much more mag
nificent a one Is the capital city of
this nation, which this 'genius saw in
bis mlnd'e eye ere yet there was a
beginning of a city? After all his
great work In designing and starting
the execution of his plans, he died in
poverty and until now has rested In
an almost forgotten grave. While his
magnificent monument Is seen and ad
mired by millions. Ha designer Is to
all but a few unknown and unhonored.
Expanding; Industries.
New England mill owners are show
ing their faith In industrial conditions
and prospects by investments in new
mills and Improvements in old ones.
Statistics gathered by a trade paper
SQ.0W that $20,000,000 is thus in
volved In construction work which is
actually under way, without taking
Into consideration that which Is In
prospect. Four new textile plants. In
volving an Investment of over $7,000,
000. are Included in the list.
No better sign of Imminent Indus
trial expansion could be found than
this, following a period of depression,
when mills have either been Idle or
running on short time, and even now
are 'not pushed to the maximum of
the capacity. Investors who know the
field are not likely to pour money
Into It In such quantities without the
assurance for the uture, which Is
found in the sales and inquiries at
the jobbing centers.
Brave "Jim."
Like all men who are atrong. positive and
courageous. Mayor Dahlman haa hta In
firmities.! One of hia Infirmities la that he
Is true to his friends. Maybray haa been
exposed and run to earth as a criminal.
Mayor Dahlman does not run to cover.
He entera no denial, nor docs he conjure
up fine-spun explanations. World-Herald.
Brave "Jim!"
When caught with the goods he
enters no denial.
He sticks to bis friends because his
friends stick to him, but only so long
as there Is something In common.
Brave "Jim" is simply doing for an
old pal what he would expect his pal
to do for him if the situation were re
versed. We wonder, however, how many
tantrums the World-Herald would
have thrown if the offending "Jim"
had been a republican mayor Instead
of one of the brilliant lights bearing
the democratic label.
Attorney General Thompson Is to be
commended for standing firm on the
constitution and the law with refer
ence to the new normal board, rigged
up by the late democratic legislature,
to put our normal schools under par
tisan democratic management. The
same reckless disregard of the consti
tution shown by the democratic' law
makers was manifested by the demo
cratic' governor In his appointments to
the board, and even if the new law
should stand, the , Ineligible .member
cannot legally serve.
It the democratic city administra
tion, which went Into office three years
ago on a promise to give us dollar gas,
now want three years more to redeem
the promise, what assurance Is there
that they will do better In the next
three years than they did In the last?
Lincoln newspapers are again suffer
ing from a spasm of Omahaphobia and
nothing they can And or invent de
tracting Omaha 1b escaping their col
umns. Lincoln will never learn, ap
parently, that tearing Omaha down
will not build Lincoln up.
Railroads fighting foe territory in
the northwest is a good sign. That Is
oue kind of a railroad war the public
can stand without a protest. The de
velopment of this section has been held
back too long already by lack of trans
portation facilities.
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It is beginning to be a pertinent
question whether any of the legisla
tion enacted 'by the late democratic
legislature will hold water in the
courts. The fire warden bill la the
latest to show signs of weakness.
A Chinese statesman who Is visiting
Washington expresses the hope that
his country would some day be per
mitted to manage Its own affairs. It
would certainly appear as though
China had reached its majority.
A Pennsylvania magistrate has de
cided that a cow has the right-of-way
over an automobile on the public high
way. ' It is comforting to know there
Is something besides a moving van
that can turn the whiz wagons aside.
A woman writer announces that
womankind Is most capable of loving
and being loved between the ages of
30 and 40. No need to look up bio
graphical history to discover the age
of that woman.
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The Agricultural department bas
started out to arfio with the farmer
that there is nothing to the old super
stition about planting In the. moon.
Better try out on something not so
deply rooted.
Ilrrdlru of Waralaga.
Chicago Tribune.
At tlniis It must be discouraging to Mr.
Uryan to see how persistently the country
goes aiuud and dors thing which hf com
mands It not to U'V
Oa the Last 4aarterf
81. l.outs Glnbe-Dm.'iat.
A little owr ynib ago Hie crescent
ennlgn went up over Constantinople. It is
still there, after a ' favlilon. but suggests
the moon in Hie lst quarter.
I.oukiaa Oil Ivr N amber Oa.
Chicago Recoid li rald.
In the opinion uf certain statesmen the
United Stater uf Amtrlia waa established
solely for th benefit of a bunch of New
England manufacturers, and any tariff law
that Interferes a lib their profits is out
only undesirable, but a sign of disrespect
for the patriots who threw off the galling
yoke In revolutionary days.
A Well "r1ag af Cheer.
Indianapolis News.
Notwithstanding the untoward conditions
the Harvester trust managed to make a
big Increase In Its net earning last year
over 1907, "the last normal year." Bo why
not cheer up?
We Roona for a Scare.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Senator Aldrlch is " afraid the govern
ment's revenues will become too great for
Its needs If the tariff la reduced on many
artlclea that the people require. Tt will be
difficult ta work up a general scare with
such an argument.
Improve) Ceadltloaa la the Araay.
New Tprk Tribune.
The notable change for good In conditions
In the army following the remedial legis
lation of the last two year la made clear
by the fact that the strength of the army
haa been increaaed to 77.906 and that en
listments are now made only from the pick
of the men offered. The soldier Is so murh
better off that desertions have ceased to
trouble the military authority
A Pall aa (he Ollraa.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It Is reported that John O. Milburn. the
Standard Oil attorney, draws a .salary of
11,000 a day. He has an Important ad
vantage over the average grand opera star
In that he does not have to be afraid that
be la likely to suffer a lots through a lack
of steady employment. The courts are
taking good aim to furnish him with as
many engagements aa be, Is able to fill.
Xew Wrlaklea la Killing; Taota.
New York Tribune.
Artillery for attacking airships Is now
coming to be regarded as an essential fea
ture of German army maneuvers. In cur
rent account of preparations for Ita use
no mention la made of extra ambulances
and aurgeons. Possibly the ordinary re
sources of the army hospital are deemed
adequate, though there i a chanr that
only tha facilities for a decent burial will
be required when the new gun Is tried on
military aeronauts.
Keep Them la J la a.
New York Sun.
Theae two utterances of Senator Aldrlch's
should be painted on the walla ot both
houses of the congress and pasted In the
hat of every congressman:
"I am satisfied that the appropriations
made last year could have been reduced
at leaat $50,000,000 without Impairing the
efficiency of the public service."
"We have within the last few yeara
created many unnecessary bureau and
multiplied employe beyond the possibility
of efficient work."
It will be well for the public to keep
these sayings In mind, when tha next bat. h
of appropriation bllia comet In.
Pat Mar Acre la Cereal.
New York Journal of Commerce.
There Is no longer any danger of over
production In the breadstuff and meat and
dairy products In this country. Extension
of the area of cultivation approaches the
limit more and more, and It does not keep
pace with Increase of population. The de
mand of the domestic market for con
sumption advances out of proportion to
production and the surplus for export la
relatively dllmlnlshlng, while the world's
requirement Increase. The export of farm
product Is still our mainstay for paying
for Imported mertrhandiee and will con
tinue to be ao whHa the coat of manufac
turing la artificially kept up, for exports
necessarily coma Into competition with for
eign product of the same klnd.'Ve not
only need to extend the area of land culti
vated for the atapla crop, but to Improve
methods of cultivation and reduce cost of
production ao far a practicable.
NOVELIST HOUGH'S VAIN TALK.
Blaat ef Hat Air1 for Derelict ef the
Weather Bareaa.
Washington Post.
The echoes of a atormy 4th of March are
not yet past. Taking It a a text, Mr.
Emerson Hough, fell known to tranelent
fame aa a writer of fiction, ha contributed
to a current magazine an attack on the
weather bureau. In hla opinion, the history
of the United State weather bureau I In
deed a sad one. Extravagance, inefficiency,
a hopeless lack of scientific knowledge, and
an organisation corrupted with politics are
only a few of the cbaxgea he bring
against It.
If such charges were backed up by a tew
fact, they would be very erloua; but Mr.
Hough, a become a writer of fascinating
tales, does not encumber hi article with
facta. He relies upon that old standby, his
Imagination, which has never failed htm.
Mr. Hough doe not deign to produc any.
thing to support his opinion that the
weather bureau Is extravagant. Agalnat
hla statement ta the fact thit congrea
voluntarily Increaaed the current approprla
tlona by $133,200 over the amount aeked for
by the chief of the bureau,- arid laat year
more than IW.OOO ot the amount apnropn
ted waa returned to, the treasury. The
charge of irregularities ha been long since
disposed of by the congTeeslonal commit
tee, with s statement of approval for the
experiment at Mount Weather.
Mr! Hough, alleging that this government
maintains the largest and moat expensive
weather bureau In thu world, charges also
that It Is the most inefficient. Yet the
leading government of the world have sent
their foremost meteorologists ner for
training. German.' Japan, Australia and
Mexico are among these; and Mr. Gilbert
Walker waa ent here by the British gov
ernment to study weather bureau method
before taking charge of the British meteor
ological service In India. Theae fact, of
course, are stranavrs to Mr. Hough.
A to the more scientific methods which
should be employed by the United States
weather bureau, what are they? Novellat
Hough declarea that they are lacking, but
he doe not neclfy which one are lacking
or which one be would eliminate to Im
prove the present ervlce. No doubt, If
Mr. Hough can add anything to the srlen
tiflc knowledge now In poselon of the
forecasters, the official would be delighted
to have him Impart It. Why I he ao
generous with hi Imagination in all mat
ters excepting thse In which hi Imagina
tion might be useful?
The weather bureau haa Us fault., of
coure. It oughtr to foretell the wethr
accurately every tlm. and It never
ahould permit uch weather to prevail
on March 4 a that which aroused the Ire
of Novellat Hough and other worthy cltl
ens. We don't propose to defend the
weather bureau In thi or any other
Crimea. The only point we insist upon is
that Novelist Hough's attack upon the
weather bureau la fruitleaa. He doe not
tell how to forecast the weather, nor does
he give any assurance that the weather
will be any better than It has beea.
Do Children (Need Alcohol?
Ask your doctor how often he prescribes an alcoholic stimulant
for children. He will probably say. "Very,ve7 rarely." Ask
him how often he prescribes a tonic for them. He will probably
answer. "Very, very frequently." Then ask him about Ayers
non-alcoholic SareapariHa as a tonic for the young. i.
Old or New Sultan
Peaalale Oaaagea la tha Meadahly
ef the Ottaamaa X aspire, and, the
Methods rarsaed.
The fat of the reigning ultan of Tur
key, Abdul Hamld II, rest with the trium
phant constitutionalists who control Con'
stantlnople. The sultan Is a prisoner lit
his palace and all clrcumatances point to
forcible or voluntary abdication. Abdul Is
In hla 7th year. He was born Septem
ber 22, 1842, and became sultan August XI,
1876. Doubtless his years and long reign
will prevent haat In depriving him of the
honors of his position. Power haa been torn
from bis grasp. But he cannot lawfully
be dethroned without the approval of the
Shelkh-ul-lslam, a functionary of pre-eminent
power In Turkey, the "pope" of the
Mohammedan church, ranking next to ths
ultan and hla superior In this regard.
The present 8helkh-ul-Is4am I Mehmed
DJemai Eddln Effend. and he la
supposed to hold the key to the situation.
He la not only the hlgheat ecclesiastical
dignitary In the empire, but also the su
preme Interpreter of the koranlc and
multekan law. Nearly the whole ot Turkish
jurisprudence is baaed upon theae and I
administered by the so-called sherl courts,
all of whose decisions are liable to revis
ion and reversal by the Bhelkh-ul-Islam.
The sheikh therefor occupies a position
something akin to that of the lord high
chancellor In those anti-reformation times
In England when the keepershlp of the
great seal of the realm was held by a pre
late, who waa not only the hlgheat digni
tary of the church, but also of the law.
If the sheikh Is the head ot the clergy, or
Imauma, he Is alao the chief of the ulemas,
who supply all the judges, magistrates,
and alao professors and teachers.
Were the statesmen In power and the
Shelkh-ul-Ilm to jointly decide the sul
tan's reign should cease, the following
procedure, baaed on precedent, would be
followed: The ministers would submit to
the sheikh the question as to Whether ths
sultan ha not become unfit to exerclae
sovereignty over follower of the prophet,
and would enumerate the reasons for their
contention that he had forfeited all claim
of allgiance. The sheikh would then. It he
agreed with them. Issue a fetvah to that
effect, which would give them the neces
sary authority In the eyes of Moslems to
not only proclaim hla deposition, but to se
cure bi person deposition at Constanti
nople bel.ig usually followed by speedy
death, though Murad was allowed to linger
after his deposition for nearly thirty years
In captivity by his brother and successor,
Abdul Hamld.
Charles Roden Buxton, In hi book on
"Turkey In Revolution," just published by
the Scrlbners, gives an account of a visit
paid to the Bheikh-ul-Iaiam after the grant
ot a constitution last summer.
"But I Teal constitutional government
permitted by the law ot Islam?" the visi
tors asked.
"Certainly. Our law, rightly Interpreted,
I In accordance with the principle of
representative government. The wisest
men, chosen by the people, are to direct
the ruler, and If he rule without their
consent he 1 going beyond hi power. I
go further and say that, now that this
principle has been embodied In the law of
the constitution, that law Is itself Included
In the law of Islam. It becomes binding
upon those who profess Islam. Especially
those who are called to lead, our ulema,
are bound to help actively In carrying out
the constitution." '
To the Bheikh-ul-lalam,. Mr, Buxton
positively ssserts. 'It la largely due that
the revolution of last July was bloodless.
The , writer does not believe that If that
spiritual dignitary had pronounced agalnat
the liberal movement, the revolution would
have been crushed. It would simply have
come In war and left behind It hatred and
peril. "Agalnat men branded with the
atamp ot Impiety it would be easy to raise
up a popular reaction, to atlr the mob of
Stamboul, to appeal to the Arab of the
Hedjas and the Yemen, to drive Uie fierce
Albanians, In spite of the committee's
tampering, down from their hlll-fortresaes
upon the plains of Macedonia." Yet the
official who might hurl all these spiritual
thunderbolts Is described by Mr. Buxton
ss "essentially a lawyer." And that law
yers may be swayed by material consider
ations Is known in countries outside of
Turkey.
Should Abdul Hamld go .out, Rechad
Dffendl would legally become, as Mehmed
V, the thirty-fifty Oemanll ruler, the
twenty-fifth padlshah of the eastern em
plre, and the caliph of 176.000,000 Moslem
worshipers. Rechad is said to be both
able and amiable, but he Is 55. After
Rechad In the succession come Yusuf
son of the murdered Abdul Adz, who I
SI; then Suleiman and Vahld ed-Dln
brothers of Rechad. 49 and 4S; then Sala
ed-Dln, "or' Saladln. aon of Abdul Hamld'a
elder brother, Murad V, who was con
strained a an Imbecile for twenty-eight
year. Siludln is 43. Abdul Medjld. Abdul
Hamld's younger cousin, who comes next.
Is 40. Abdul Hamld's eldest sun, Mehmed
Sellm, at 39, Is only seventh In succes
sion; hia favorite son, Burhan, ta four
teenth. Rechad' son. Zia ed-Dln, I tenth.
In such a list there I little hope of a
young ruler.
Rechad rsnk aa a general, but for ev,
dent reasons haa never held very Impor
tant command. He la no doubt sincere
In his well known adhesion to the Young
Turks. Abdul Hamld alao waa a reformer
In 1S76. when the revolutionists deposed
and killed his uncle, Abdul Asls. and
shut up bis brother. Mured, and so cleared
for him a way to the throne.
PICTIRKSO.IK STATE8MA.
Laat ef the School ef Mlalag Cams
Politicise.
New York Tribune.
Ex-Senator William M. Stewart of Ne
vada, who died In Washington Friday, bad
a moat varied and picturesque career. He
served two periods In the senate, coming
In when Nevada became a atate and re
mainlng until 1876, and then returning In
1887 for three full terms. He was a man
of conaequence In reconstruction day.
taking an active part In the legislation of
that time. In hia aecond period of service
he became a pronounced silver Inflation
1st, and expended more energy in denounc
Ing the "crime ot "71" though he had
himself supported the demonetisation leg
(station of that year than poaslbly any
other man In public life. He left the re
publican party on the silver Issue, but
later resumed his affiliation with it. He
was a patriarch in appearance and manner,
and for yeara was one of the beat known
figure about Waahlngton. He had a large
heart and an elastic mind, and wa on
of th moat attractive type in the school
of mining camp statesmen.
Ibjotutetjr 7urc
Renders the ,
food more wholesome and su
perior in lightness and flavor.
The only baking
mad rron
Royal Crp4 Cream
PERSONAL NOTES.
Should Abdul leave Turkey, who would
upport his 4004 grass widows,?
Peach basket hat have been barred by
the authorities of the University of Chi
cago. They are doolared unhygienic as
well as unsightly and unnecessary.
James W. Van Cleave of Bt. Louis, presi
dent of the Citlsens' Industrial Association
of America, ha resigned a president be
cause hla personal affairs demand all of
hj attention.
Fancy the feeling pf the hotel proprietor
at Niagara who seea tons of ' Ice piled
agalnat hla house and yet realise that
next August he will be paying as much tor
Ice aa any of his sssoclates.
One big railroad supplies its Pullman
passenger with free tea, another system
preaents ladlea In its dining car with boxes
cf candy and travellers would like to know
before the vacation season opens what the
ther roads propose to do In this line.
Thomas Rudolph Is still a practicing law
yer and local judge at the age of 95 In
Bhlppensburg, Pa. He waa recently nom
inated for his judicial position by the
democrats, snd so popular was he that no
candidate wa put up against him by the
republicans. If . he finishes his term he
will be 99 years old.
Following a custom prevalent at home.
Ambassador Bryce placed hla boots ou-
Ide the door of the guest chamber while
visiting the home of the president of the
Wisconsin university at Madison. Two
school girl daughters of the president did
the polishing. On the second night their
hilarity caused Inquiries by Mr. Bryce.
when the cause of the merriment came out.
A report of the Incident states that when
the ambassador left Madison ha wore a
different pair of boots than the one he
had arrived In, and when asked for an ex
planation he answered that the others had
been packed securely away to be placed
among his souvenir of the world aa a re
membrance ot th time when hi boot had
been blacked by the daughter of the pres
ident of the greatest state university in the
United States. .
In a preliminary pamphlet for the exposi
tion of 1920, commemorative of the 300th
anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims,
tha Boston-Herald recounts the success of
various American expositions of the past,
yet omits mention of the most successful of
all the Transmlsslssippt exposition held at
Omaha la 188S. The Omaha show did not
spread over as much territory as some be
fore and afterward, but It had the essence
of all, and In all respect wa the gem
Of it kind., Moreover, It waa conspicuously
free from Scandal, paid It debt and re
turned to stockholders 9& cent on the dol
laran achievement none other can boast
of. Many eminent Bostonlun made an ex
tended and profitable examination of the
exposition eleven year ago, none more
thoroughly than Major Daniel Eldregc,
who, doubtless, would be pleased to give
th Herald man much useful Information.
LAUGHING GAS.
"Why should we signal to Mars?"
"Why shouldn't we?"
"When we consider the trouble In Turkey.
the Daughters of the American Revolution
convention and the tariff discussion, what
need have we of advices from Mars?"
Baltimore American.
Sporting Editor Just what do you under
stand by the term "poetic license?"
Literary Editor Broadly Speaking. It I
that singular provision In the constitution
of the universe under which poet are per
mitted to exist. Chicago Tribune.
Pa, what I the meaning of self-de
fense?"
"Self-defense, my boy, la that spirit which
prompts me to eat spring onion when your
mother doe." Detroit Free Pre.
"Charley, dear." aald youni Mra. Tor.
kins, "I am learning a lot about base ball.
I can pick out th umpire every time."
"Oh, you can!
"Yes. He's the- gentleman with the
Marcelle wavea on. his cheat." Washing
ton Btar.
'If I were younger." aald the rleh old
man. "I believe I might win you for my
wife."
'Yea." replied the cold beauty, "or aav
fifteen years older." Philadelphia Press.
Mr. Hayrlx (In well restaurant I Kin I
git my dinner here, mister?
Walter Certainly, air. W 111 you . have
table d'hote or la carte?
Mr. Hayrlx Well, yew mav lirnma a
tittle of both an' be shore an' put plenty
uv gravy on u. Ami hsms traveler.
Mra. T'nderdunk I yearh 'em say. Blstah
Foot, dat yo' po' sk-k husband am pow'ful
bad off. Ha de doctah given him up?
Mrs. foot weli-un, no'm, Blstah Un-
MEN'S FURNISHINGS
. ...
The items of Hats, Gloves, Scarfs, and
Shirts are earliest to engage the attention
in the Spring.
The assortments we are showing of
these goods are particularly tasteful in se
lection and complete in range. s , '
;WeVe every good style of Hats , and
Gloves.
The Spring Scarfs are very beautiful.
And our Shirt department offers the
newest patterns ready-made or made-to-measure.
,;
See the new patterns in Knitted Scarfs.
BrewninaKing & Cq
SBTk7 15th and Douglu Sts. .
Vv.II
E.
powder
of T4f j
derdunk. But It do' pear Ilka re's done
given nun everytning else. Puck;. .
Checkers Yeara Kan 1 ;had mawv i,.
burn and I burnt it. ;" ,
Meoaers Mow?
Checkers On an' nlil fsm . imnr -
Llppliicott's Magaslne. . .,
"Did you see In the tiers tod4v 'Ai here
a man wanted to ,gi married with nil.
pera on?" y ,- .- e;.;
Well, why not? They're appropriately
sj mbollcal." Baltimore' American.
"Willis, how cam you to leave th rat-in
snd move to town to make your living'.'
"1 got tired of the smell of dad's auti ni ,
blu?." Chicago Tribune.
"1 wo.ivler what man on record railed th.
biggest bluff."
"I guess It was ihe mnn who named
Gibraltar." Ha 111 more Sun.
"Do you try your Jokes on your tileuo
before you publish them?"
I used to, but l round l lust tun many.
"Jokes?"
"No, friends." BoHlon Transcript.
GREATNESS AT HOME.
Washington Star.
Ol' Joe Struthers sald,''dowii',tu the au.i-e.
the other day,
"It's curious what a fuss f Iks nuke.' lunii
boy that went ..away ,
From Corncrlb Coiners. years ago
There' young Jack 8 rllmslon.
That used to keep recltln',, rUty yxiu knov.
what Jack ha.i di'tie?
He's gone to actln'! ' fllt-rc N iuiiu Ilia.
actually pay . "
To go an' hear Jaok ta.kln iui in p-.ib'. i-
In a play! ....
Why, he ciuldn't tin p coiu i. ...o:
wood In half a year!
He may fool the folks out yonuei. u. I.-
ain't no hero here! (
"An' there' Kiaamus- WiangU. tie
mentioned aa the great ...
An' risln' legal wonaer of Ihrlvln', west
ern state.
Why. I remember well when he was that
uncommon dumb , .,
He'd sit up In the cold an' read until his
feet grew numb.
He looked uncommon ci mleal "one hiornin'
when the mule ..- i
Oot bajky while Erasmus was a-rldlng
him to school. '
He waa a right good-natured boy. tmiugh
Jes' a little oueer.
He may come It over strangers; but he
ain't no hero heie. ' '
.
An' there la Dustin Stax. , That teller
took a lucky chance
An' landed In a jiffy as a leader of
finance!
An' Tummy Scrapplns, him as had seen
freckles on hi face,
la a military feller with braa buttons an'
gold lace
It's a pity that the public, which to facts
is often blind.
Couldn't come to Corncrlb Corner bffor-:
makln' up lta mind
About the parties It selects to honor an
to cheer;
They kin fool them city' people, but they
i ,i ain't no heroes, .here!. -....n..- -
New York's Points of Interest
Bnndreds ol Them Are Wllbla Com
paratively Short Disiances
OF THE ST. REGIS HOTiL
The length of the Island of Manhattan
from the Battery to the Harlem Rlvei
varies from eight miles on the east to
twelve miles on the west. The awraige
width is one mile. 'Fifth Avenue Is th
central dividing line between the eastern
and western sections. On Fifth Avenue
at Fifty-fifth Street, Is located the Hotel
St. Regis, five miles from ths Batttryl
and an equal distance from the Harlem
River. This location,- In practically the
geographical i center of the city, tnturei
the ahorteat distance and th least travel
for guests of this hotel to the many
points of Interest to be found in Manhat
tan Borough. Central Park and the Met
ropolitan Art Museum are within a fow
blocks, the Natural History Museum in
quire but a five minutes' ride, while tile
great shopping and theatrical district
can be reached In even lee lime.-'' The
stranger In New . Yock should also bear
In mind that this hotel ls Unique among
th city's modern public houaep. it wox
built, arranged, fitted up and furnUhed
with an exqulsltenesa that knew no stint,
yet It is the farthest removed from the
oatentatlou. It atmosphere i that uf
homelikenesa and refined. comfort, and It-
cuisine equal In all respect to the most
famous restaurants of London and Paris,
yet with charges no higher than othir
flrat clasa hotel in America. 'Room rates
are equally reasonable: $3 and l a day
for a splendidly furnished single room;
15 a day for the same With private batli
(or l for two people); tu a day and up
for an elegant suite of room. connHtinj
of parlor, bedroom and private bath.
S. WILCOX, Mgr.