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Communications twisting to news and edi torial matter ahould bo addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. : REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to-Tho Beo Publishing Company. Only l-cenl stamps received In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha of eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebrika,"Dougla County, as. George B.Txschuek. treasurer of Th Beo PubllehHig ' fIompr. Jelng u? sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dally, 'Morn ing. Evening and Sunday Pee printed dur ing the prion th of May, 0. waa aa oL I n w : 1 ....J.i.. 44,760 It ....,.'..' 48,000 1 40,40a- r 80. . . , i. . 43,000 it . ........ 4.sea ta...... .....J.-. 4D,80 88, ,,'. . . 40,840 4...... 40.140 40,130 40440 40,480 40,810 8,800 40,180 88,840 40,080 40,103 40,440 4170 88.840 40,380 r 40.4N 87,400 .v '1 WW . V . . . . . . 40,180 , .'. .' 40,410 40,81 ,.r, 40,160 .... 40,870' .... 40,610 .... 87,600 J,,...-. ..:.;. ; 0h (' 31 Total.. 1.868,400 ...... . 8,883 40,340 Returned coplea. Net total !. Dally average . . i. . . , L8e,sit 40.318 GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK. . . . iA'f'i- Treasurer. Subscribed In my present and uworn to before mo this (1st day of May, 1909 - M. "P. WALKER, ; ' - ' Notary Publlo. Sabecrlbera leavlnc'th lty tem porarily aaaaM - Tfco Boo mailed t then. Adar will h Chang;- aa oftea aa waaosieel. Mayor Jim wants it. understood that two cant play the game. Someone ahould Inform the weather man that the circus baa come and gone, ' " 1 1 . The author of "The Cowboy and the Lady" might try bis hand on 'The Cowboy and the Council.". Jt I announced that the Sugar trust is going out or 'fie coffee trade. Wo will .continue to take two lumps In oura. It is-reported -that whlshy labeled gJOBB starch is being sold Ih Oklahoma, Probably intended to pu' a phlne on me noso. federalWB8nVHgtf(0(r;oflO:tTrir cle Sam''sttmiW! td gay a few. )t.'Hli in a plncB. - " ' Now that the home market has been overstocked' with 4rlff speeebes, it might be a gtwd tdea-15 put the mills on short time. The fire loos in the United States during May was $17,000,000. That is a heavy penalty to pay for reckless building methods. ' Another Daniel come, to Judgment A Missouri Justice has decided it la not a violation of the law' to swear when the home team loses. Canada, preposes to build a navy of its own. Add a few automobiles to it possessions and then show visitors where iho treasnry surplus used to be. Scientists estimats 1t,will be 500, 000,000 years before the end of the world. Thanks, that will give 'time to finish tho tariff debate, and then some. Ak-Sar-Ben .Is starting put with a waiting; list. When the membership rolls are (completed this year they ought to show moreVnames than, ever before. i.V V ' ' I. The detubcitaxio. WorleHerald 'prates about a noBjpa'rUMivJMdjclary. .When did it over support a republican- candi date for supreme Judge! t Please name th man, V ' A Kentucky man captured with bis afflnlty: waiiv wBlppfed by 'a mob anj then turned-overto his wife. Fortu nately, -what happened after that is not disclosed " Mr. Bryan says h prefers the gov ernor of Ohio to the governor of Min nesota ! as a presidential candidate. That is. not aaylng, however, that either is his first choice. A St. Louis ordinance puta the lid on apartment house planoa at 10 p. in. It the old folVs Ui only get out of the may the younger 'phes might get along nicely without thVilaao. ' Sir Oliver Lodge computes that there are ten million millions of mil lions of electrical corpuscles of ether lo ; eacn cuoic men , or -space, ir you to, don't believe It, count them yourself. oat . . . , , . jo. A ew French law provides that ti tles muat ba reviad bv the mnni. .. ment before being uaed. American an helressts who buy them should Insist ke upon an abstract of tltlo in the future aa - An alarm baa ben raised In Lincoln Ik aa to whotUsi AJy el Kb municipal or of dl nances are valid because the last re vision left .out the separate title.. It la alnceraly lo , be hoped tbi , the b inreAieas calamity j pe artrwa. . Keep OS the Gran. , Democratic senators bare eerred formal notice on Mr. Bryan that berta not the solo proprietor of the demo cratic lawn; In fact an Intimation la given that he would do better to keep off tho grass. Mr. Bryan's criticisms of tho dpmocrttlc senatbrs nave been numerous ever ilnce debate com menced on the tariff bill and the sena tor have finally Injected some vlewi Of their own Into tho Congressional Record. ,Mr. Tillman inquires, "Who gave Bryan the right to nay wbo la a democrat?" ' Senator Simmons of North Carolina administers the moat unklndeBt cut of all when he says, After following Bryan twelve years to defeat and disaster, 1 don't ace what right be has to dictate to demo cratic senators," and Senators Bailey, Smith and othera with democratic cre dentials follow In the same strain. Mr. Bryan Is evidently going on the theory If b has to suffer defeat every four years he should at least have the consolation of laying out the race track. He knowj evey signboard and cross street and there is no probabil ity of getting onto the wrong high way when he is piloting the party au tomobile. Mr. Bryan baa overlooked one important fact, however, and that is that while southern democrats have laved their political fortunes in the past, the portents are numerous that southern voters are breaking away from tradition and may some day re fuse to be herded into any corral bear ing the word "democrat" over the gate. Not only have the southern democrats rejected Mr. Bryan's ad vice in voting on the tariff bill in both house and senate, but now they tell blm plainly they propose to do it again if they feel like it. . .Packers Branching Oat. According to cable advices from Buenca Ayros, Chicago packera have purchased the two largest beef pack ing plants in Argentina and are nego tiating for three others, which conatl' tute practically all the meat jacking industry of that country. British off! clals some time ago were alarmed by a. report to this effect and saw in it an attempt to secure a monopoly of the meat trade of the world. But this purpose, of course, Is denied by the packers. One esplanatlon of the move offered Is that the packera, seeing the decline of an exportable surplus of beef in the United States, are seeking the new field to retain tne trade ai ready established in Europe, which has proven profitable. With the pass ing of the free rang the time is in sight when the United States will be unable to supply its own needs and those of Europe, too. The contiitlon has already produced a markd(., in crease in the ceM of meat In the do mestic market and the exploitation ot South America may belp relieve the growing pressure.' Argentina contains Immense stretches of prairie country capable of supporting much more live stock jthah-'Y present.' but" thr -lataHly"! hoi nign enuugn to cunipoie succeba- fuM wtth. American .corn-fed cattle. No mattes- what the development may be In Argentina, we are sure to main tain our supremacy , in better grade moats for a long time. . ' .' Black Hand Arrests. The arrest in Ohio' of a number, of (-Italians will, it is hoped, be a start toward breaking up the gang of crim inals which has terrorized and black mailed Italian residents of this coun try. It has been established that these outrages are the work of a thoroughly organized band with members In all parts of the country. Criminal organ lzations are a source of more or- less trouble In Italy, but the comparative freedom from police espionage In America enables them to operate even more successfully here. In large Ital ian colonies the Black Hand has so completely terrorized the people . by outrages upon tboie who refused to be blackmailed that thousands of dol lars have been extorted from timid victims. While many perpetrators of particular crimes have been arrested and punished, unless the present, case proves an exception all effort to get at the central organization has thus far been futile. Police officials and others assisting.' In. prosecutions ' have been marked for vengeance, and until the central organization is reached and exterminated there Is no hope , of ending tho outrages. It Is a pity that the industrious and lawabldlng Ital lane cannot be protected. If a start can be made toward breaking up the gaog doubtless many whose lips are now sealed by fear will give material evidence, but until assurance of pro tection can bo given little assistance la to be expected from this source. The Dcmurrag-s Conference.. If the representatives of shippers railroads and government officials in session at Washington can arrive at satisfactory settlement of the d murrage question they will have solved one of the most troublesome railroad problems. No one : thin causes more friction between the roads and their patrona or has been a means of greater favoritism. Prompt load Ing and unloading of cara touches vi tally upon the aervlce and concern all shippers as well as those directly Involved, particularly when traffic 1 heavy and the demand for cara greater than the supply. In the past discrimination has been charged In th form of permitting favored shippers to use cars for storage purposes without charge while others have been forced to pay If unloading waa delayed Railroads hav also been accused of punishing recalcitrants by Insisting upon rigid compliance with the rules when It worked a hardship, - The great need here Is- uaifortnity THE HKE: of rules and uniform enforcement so that restrictions oon both shipper and the roads shall be fair. Any greement reached must be Toluntsry, s there Is no law to enforce regula tions endorsed by the conference, but so general la the demand for uniform ity that there la little doubt if a prac tical scheme Is evolved it will be made effective bysll lines. Competition is ften so sharp that a few dollars dif ference In the cost of handling a car, load of goods often means profit or loss in trade and uniformity in de murrage is a part of the effort of re cent years to put alt on an equal foot ing. Conflicting laws from state to state only make confusion. The diffi culty of providing a satisfactory solu tion is recognized, but it will event- ally be worked out by Juat such a conference aa this one. Mayor and Council. The conflict that has been preclpl- ated between the mayor, and council over the mayor's appointments to sub ordinate positions is simply a tug-of- war for a division of the spoils. It would be useless to argue that there s any great principle of government at stake, or any serious question of ad ministrative efficiency involved. The council Is evenly divided on po litical llnea and baa been organized by the republicans in conjunction .with three of the democrats factlonally hos tile to the mayor and' they are trying to use. their power of confirmation to coerce the mayor Into letting them make up part of the appointive list aa well as exercise a veto on all of his se lections. - So long as the mayor and council continue at outs the present Incum bents will remain in office as Hold overs. Even here, however, so far as he offices are created by ordinance, the council with a sufficient majority to override the mayor's veto can abol- sh the offices and create new ones with tenure depending On a different appointing power. For the charter offices, on the other hand, the mayor s in position to afford complete pro tection to the- holdovers, providing he is willing to stay on the Job and be at hand at every regular council meeting. Under such .conditions any final set tlement roust be the outcome of nego tiations and compromise. All the dif ferences may be adjusted before the next council meeting and, aain, insist ence on either side on what Is regarded as unfair to the other may prolong the warfare for weeks and months. Un less some other elements enter 'in, however, the general public is not likely to get excited over a pie-counter scramble for political Jobs. . Mr. Hitchcock's World-Herald letB the, cat out of the bag when referring to the position of city prosecutor, over which It has been making such a fuss. It says: It is an office without patronage, but yet ia regarded of big importance from a po litical point of view because of' the political rjrestge that may be swung by It, - TBen it is not a question or law essqess .or law' enforcement.' nor of notice to crooks that they may make Omaha their headquarters. All that was pretense and buncombe. The in significance of the office as such ia conceded. It is Its Influence as a po litical power that the democrats want to keep. That, explains also why Mr. Hitchcock Insisted on putting nis own man into the place three years ago and would like to keep him there. Yes, The Bee believes that there are enough competent and qualified repub lican lawyers in Nebraska to fill the judicial vacancies, for which there will be an election thla year, without call ing on the democrats to supply any de ficiency. That does not mean, how ever, that aome democrats' would not be, preferable to aome republicans. But, if both partleB were to put forth their best legal talent there would be no good reason for any republican to vote for a democrat to avoid partisan ship on the bench. The University of Nebraska hae lost the dean of its law school, who goes to an Institution holding out better In ducements to him. The refusal of the late democratic legislature to permit tho university professors to qualify for the Carnegie foundation retirement pensions may not have had anything to do with this particular caae, but it certainly did not help to prevent It. It looks as If we were this year to repeat our customary experience In the matter of street paving whereby the most urgent work is delayed during tb eeason that Is most favorable for it and then rush to get In under the frost line. A little expedition at the right time would help things. Ralroada evidently anticipate that prevailing high prices will cause a rush of wheat to market as soon aa the new crop is harvested and are there fore accumulating cars to handle it. Nothing like being ready for emer gencies. " Prosperlty,Tear Poaatatloa. Pittsburg Dispatch. There is mnuch encouragement in the re port from Washington on condition of the ,. . 1- - -. i w . . . . national oauae ui i vuuiiviji. a .mw ment indicates a foundation of prosperity on ahtch to build commercial activity. 1 1 1 TakJaa the Short Cat. Chicago Tribune. Anybody who will follow Mr, Roc kef el lar's rules for achieving succeas In life will arrive In du time. But he may reach tha desired result quicker, possibly, by dis regarding Mr. Rockefeller's rules and fol lowing his methods. ' l.aokias lato tho Futnr. Philadelphia Record. There Is a suggestion ot hope In these words of Secretary MacVeagh In an ad dress In Chicago on the administration: "And you and I must agrea for we can not aacape lbs conclusion that it may te- OMAHA. TlirRSPAYr .)FNK' 10, -IfkU com at any time the duty of any great Prty leader to create f hie party a new majority and control." Mr. Taft ha the flBarjunlty before him: aeeuredly bit party need a new majority and control. Team Work la Arbitration. Indianapolis News. Perhaps the almpleat way would be to refer the differences between President Woodrow Wlleon of Princeton and Preel dent Jacob Oould Srburman of Cornell, to the football tea ma ot the two Inetltu tlona for arbitration. . , Fattening Ikt l.aaaraaare. ( Boaton Herald. New forms of applied science are among the most prolific sources of new language. The proceea la rapid and open to all who read. Thua IVAnnunaio, the Italian author, Is said to have coined 10 new words In writing a new romance baaed on aviation, the derivatives being French and English. Deeerved Commendation. St.' Louis Olobe-Democrat. Mr. Taft's prklie for Charles E. Ma goon, who served aa provisional governor of Cuba during the American occupation of im-m, and General Thomas 1. Berry, the military commander there during that time, was deserved. The. Havana papers and the correaifcmdenta of London, Berlin and other foreign Journals in Cuba at the time gave high tributes to these officials. The absence of any clash or Important disagreements between th Cubana and the Americans during thoso years shows that they managed affairs with intelligence and tact. " ORATORICAL. Ot FF. What Keataeklana Can Do When tho Spirit Moves. Louisville Courier-Journal. "And shall Kentucky," exclaims an elo quent southern orator, "so richly dowered of natute. so beautiful for situation, the Joy of the who! earth-her head pillowed upon the blue, eastern hills, her feet laved by the Mississippi flood; Kentucky the sacred precinct of loveliness, the nursing place of heroes, the bridal chamber ofthe earth and aky; shall Kentucky fall further and further' out of step in the choral dance of her sinters, a dance more splendid than ever woven by Hellenic houris, than ever Inspired the pencil of Italian art? Il can not, it must not, it. shall not be." Aye, verily! Even if we have to put In less time on our lynchlngs and night riding in order to assur It. As another eulogist has re cently expressed It: "Kentucky is our national Kohlnocr," and the Kohlnoor must aver ahlne bright in the old Kentucky home. So let us all Join the chorua of the choral dance with "Weep no more, my lady!" GREAT DEMOCRATS ARE rjEAD. Awfal Mortality Araonar the Bla Leaders of Recent Years. New York' Mail. With apparently po one but the lion. Joseph Weldon Bailey to represent the principles, the economic policies and the honor of the democratic party, one be comes conscious of the recent awful mor tality among the great 'democrats. Grover Cleveland la "dead. That is very apparent. Conti oiling votes have been cast by democrats, at the present session of congress, against about every principle and policy that Cleveland stood for. Thoso two grent southern democrats of full statesman-like ststire, John T. Mor gan and Edmund W. Pettus, are dead. L. Q. C. Lamar is dead, William L. Wilson Is dead; nobody, could.. doubt that at the present moment, ,,. . !.. That fine Mleourln,.pZ eloquent and hu mane speech, Georg3 CJu, Vest, Js lead. John- M. Palmer, Illinois' grand old demo cratic patriot, is dead. A. Q. Thurman, Ohio's noble Roman, to dead. " The crafty but wis Oorman Is de&A- Willlam E. Russell, the pure and fearless paladin of Massachusetts' victorious young democracy, before whom the tars of party opposition fell tike reeds. Is dead. James C. Carter, the peer of the jurists anil pub licists of the past, Is dead. We shall not extend the sad list. All the great democrats seem to ba dead. What has the party left In congress? Mslnly pitiful lot of temporizers and demagogue, of assistants of organized Influence, of sorry apologists for the continual surren der of their own principles. The ghosts of the great men whose names we have mentioned, or their painted portraits on the Malls, wouM be worthier representatives of the cherished principles of their party than they. SCARCITY OF FARM LABOR. Caitlratloa and Production Seriously Restricted. , Chicago Record Herald. The secretary of Agriculture, in discuss ing the upward tendency of prices of farm products, mentions the deficiency of farm labor as one of the factois In tha situa tion. It is undoubtedly a fact that the complaint of tha scarcity of "help" in agriculture IS not confined to any quarter or section. The New York farmer suffers In common with the southern planter ui the wheat raiser in tha northwest. Secretary Wilson attributes the scarcity largely to tha "superior attractions of the city" in the matter of recreation and so clal -intercourse. But it Is by no means certain that these attractions count for much with the new arrivals, the tens of thousanda of immigrants who are again streaming in from southern Europe. The Italian Immigrants are an a rule agricul tural laborers who would find farm work easy and agreeable If the machinery ex. Isted to adjust supply and demand in that field. Jt has been stated by investigators that th lack of funds to pay for the trans portation of applicants for Jobs on farm has forced many an immigrant in New Tork to remain in th congested foreign colony and become a burden Instead of producer, of wealth. Recent data supplied by th New York department of agriculture throw some light on this problem. It Is estimated that the farmers of the empire slat alone could employ from W.OOO to lOO.uoo additional "hands" and Increase their harvest to per cent. Last year th labor bureau which had been established previously to direct lsborers to the rural districts of th state was able to send out exactly 4,171 "hands." Last month lib men were sent out, and of these, significantly enough. oniy nineteen were Americana. Th labor bureaua can only send ou men who have enough cash to purchase their own tickets and. support themselves for a time. There are multitudes of new arrivals who cannot pay for transport tion to Minnesota, the Dakota, Texas, Oregon and Washington, and many cannot even pay for transportation to the Interior of New York stats. Th great need, etipe daily In view of the turn In. the alien tide, Is for better . dlstrlbutiop of able bodied alien laborers and for agencies that would bring the right people to the right mar ket. The farmera cry for hands, the hands cry' for fields t least, before th alleged superior attractions of tha cities exer thelr.. magic but the machinery to effect a combination is sadly crude and Inadequate. Around New York Ripple on th Carres ef XlfS as Sa la th Oraat ' aVaaartoaa Metropolis froas Pay to 7aw. The city of New York has the unique distinction of having on Its hands flT.OOO, 008 of traction facilities which are at pres ent, and bid fair to continue for some tlm to come, entirely useless for traffic purposes. On la th $10,000,000 bridge loop subway connecting th three East river bridges, which was started by th old Rapid Transit commission, and for six months haa been held up by th delay of the municipal administration In perfecting th plana for the construction of tha Mu nicipal building at the Brooklyn bridge ap proach. Th other Is the (7,000,000 Pteloway tunnel under th East river, coming Into Manhattan at Forty-second street, which waa built by the Belmont interests and Is now controlled by th Interborough Rapid Transit company. The Interborough now has an offer to sett this tunnel to the city pending before th Public 8rvie commis sion. Four boys charged with rowdyism on sub way trains on Sunday, were whipped by their parent in th Children's court Mon day, as a choice between fines and the rod. Three parents at one accepted th whipping proposal, instead of paying fl flnea for their boys, but on hesitated, pre senting a certificate alleged to have been given by a physician testifying to the boy's physical condition, prohibiting corporal punishment. This was the father of Morris Doblon, aged 15, of 606 Fifth street. Justice Olmsted looked at the boy and noted that he was robust and apparently healthy, and without much ado, he said to the father: You can whip that able bodied boy or pay a fine of (25 for him." The father was so shocked' that he almost dropped In front of the bench. He asked for a little time to consider the matter, and presently returned and said he would whip the boy. Boon Lieutenant Ward reported, approv ing of the father's agility with the rod, which in this instance was a leather strap. The crime of kissing lies in Being caught. This logic Magistrate Finn expounded Monday in Essex Market court when Wll llam, Tocker, aged 19, end farah Mlllberg, 18, were arraigned by Policeman James Dobson. charged with hugging and kissing or. Williamsburg bridge. ' 'Why, one can so down to the Grand Central station any day and see 150 people kiss after trains arrive and 'dovey' meets lovcy,' " said the magistrate. "Do you expect to marry this glrlr" "I haven't asked her yet," sobbed the young mm. Miss Mlllberg dropped her head and the magistrate did not pry her with question. 'Did you press her lips wtth soul kisses?" resumed the magistrate. "It was this way." said- Tocker, tear fully? "I was walking on th bridge and. being Ired, sat d.wn betide the girl. 1 put my arm around the back of the bench and the officer pinched us." "Magistrate Cornell has been fining peo ple for kissing and hugging in public," tald the policeman. ' "Don't quote Cornell or anybody else to me," cried "Battery Dan." who. as he fined Tocker (1, added: "I do not fine you for kissing, but for being caught." How New York City grows is shown In the returns of travel on the subway and elevated lines for 190 ; snd 1908, furnished by the Interberough-Mtropol1tan Rspli Transit company to thes Public Rervlc commission and made publlo the other day. Pales of tickets in the subway increased from 1S2.569.990 In' 190Y to Zt.l2 in 'l90S. For the same period there was a decrease of mor than U,000,000 passengers carried by the elevated lines, but the net Increase would seem to confirm a recent statement 6f Theodore P. Shouts, president of the company, that th amount of travel In New York City was limited only by the ability to provide conveyances. One New York paper refers to a play re cently produced which was unanimously pronounced Immoral by the critics and promptly withdrawn, aa a proof that cleanliness on the stage can be maintained "without the Intervention of the pulpit or any hysterics In the press." But fuller details reveal that it was withdrawn be cause it was played to empty houses. Bays the New York lsw under which the chauffeur was convicted after killtngT the boy: "Th killing of a human being by an act Imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without a premedi tated design, Is punishable by a verdict of murder In the first degree." That seems to fit the case very nicely. THE! RA1LHOAU AND THE LAW. ' Responsibility of Company for Aaent's Arts Vpheld. St. Louis Republic. An illustration of the Impartiality with which the laws against rebating are being enforced by the Department of Justice, and of the law-abiding, spirit .which character ises progressive railroad officials of th ("present day, may be found In th outcome of the Little Rock rebating case against th St. Louis. Iron Mountain A Southern Railway company. Th case has been ended by the .plea of guilty on the part of the defendant corporation and the lm position of a fin of (15,000. Th guilt of the railroad company, aa Attorney General Wlckersham take pains to declare, la only technical. The rebates were paid to the shipper by a certain traf fic official (who, by the way, has, been fined (2.500) not only without the knowledge of his superiors, but . in th face of express orders from Vice President Clarke that no rebate were to be given and no prefer ences shown. The executive heads ot the corporation are without moral responsibil ity. But th Department of Justice very properly held, at th same Ime, that they were not without legal responsibility. The official who paid th rebates acted a the agent of the corporation and his act was, therefore, legally th act of th corpora tion. On no looser construction of th doctrine of agency would it b possible to secure full accountability of large corpor ations to the law. ' The court, therefore, Imposed the fin. There is encouragement In the incident for all friends of strict enforcement of law, both in the substance of th,e decree and the altitude of th defendant corpora tion. When a railroad company orders Its agenta to obey th law scrupulously, plead guilty to an offense committed by an agent In direct disobedience to such or ders, and cheerfully bears th penalty, th relation of large corporations to aooiety certainly glvea Justification to the point of view of the optimist. Prrlla of Bpfenlatlve Snarta. ! St. Louis Times, little Judicious conservatism in th country uo baim. Thcv Steady GrowUi Oi this bank is largely because of fifty two years of careful conservative bank ing methods, coupled with courteous- liberal treatment of customers. Women particularly appreciate the de partment for their exclusive use. OFFICERS: -., C. T. KOUNTZE, President. . . L. L. KOUNTZE, DA VI fl. Cashier. T. L. Personal notes. Walter Wellman'a ne"xT1as bsg la to oontaln 25.000 cubic feet of gas. . But that Is not much for a Wellman advertising ex pedition. Canadian Pacific conductors are In. re bellion over an order that each sign s statement that he never carried a pas senger who did not either pay far or hold a pass. If Emberor William has a well-developed sense of humor and we suspect he has he must be enjoying the grotesque sppre hensiveness of his unci Ed's people Im mensely nowadays. New York city haa taken drastic steps to collect (ra.000,000 of back' Uxes owed by big concerns there. Such Invasion of corpor'4 ste rights naturally excites the resentment of the conservative. Margaret Doyle, 15 years old, roller skat ing on the sidewalk, ran over a policeman's feet and hurt his corns. He arrested her. In court she remarked to th Judge that policemen should not have corns. She waa discharged. She had hjt upon, a great truth. Dr. Elisabeth Blackwell, probably the first woman to be graduated as a physi cian In tbjs country, now. Is 88 years old and is living in quiet retirement In Hast ings, England. She was received as a student In the W'lliam Smith collet, e, now affiliated with Hobart college, Geneva, N.. Y., after s dozen medical schools had refused to admit her. 6h . received her medical degree In 1848. Eugene Henard. who attained fame with his palace of illusions at the Paris exposi tion In 1900,' has Just completed a similar but large piece of eccentric architecture for exhibition in that city. The impression made upon the person who enters the mirror-walled spade is that there are M.000 electric lamps burning. Th hall la hex agonal In shape, and standing In its cen ter one see six halls of equal slsei snd be yond these twelve mor and then eighteen, and so on. " AIRSHIPS FOR THE ARMY. Prospective Development In Military Flylagr Machines. New York Tribune. As th War department estimates which are to be submitted to congress next De cember lia've not yet Undergone the second pruning to which President' Taft' has re quested Secretary Dickinson to subject them, it Is hot known whether or not Gen eral Allen's application for a, generous al lowance for aeronautic expertmenta will be approved by hla superior officers. In mak ing his decision, expected in a few days, Mr, Dickinson will be obliged to consider whether the need of airships Is Just now as urgent as that of many other things for which th department will require money. Perhaps his opinion will b Influ enced by a belief that in th present Im perfect state' of development of aeronautic science something may be gained by delay. Tfier Is a possibility that the work done In other countries in th next year or two will throw enough light on th matter to facilitate a more Judicious expenditure when h asks for and secures an appropria tion. General Allen Is to be commended. In any case, for his recognition of th increasing value of airships for. purposes of observa tion in war. A self-propelled balloon or an aercplar can perform this function more advantageously than the captive balloon, which haa hitherto been th sol reliance of the American army. Good sens is ex hibited by the chief signal officer, more over, in planning to co-operate with the coast artillery . corps In the work of de fense. They should work together not only when war breaks Out, but also In selecting the points wher th aerial patrol would prove mor serviceable. Tbr ar soma long stretches of coast on which no enemy would think of landing. Large cities, of course, would b most liable to attack. It If should be deemed wis to establish garages for government balloons, the ad vice of ordnance officers would undoubt edly prove helpful In a choice ot sites. OVER THE FIELD OF WAR. Armr Officers Btady th Groaad of Great Camnalgns. Washington Post. The embryonic Napoleons and Hannlbals cf th United Stattis army who hav rid den over thirty- of Virginia's battlefields within the last month hav no doubt re turned with considerable gain In military knowledge. They have certainly brought back with them a better Idea of th prob lems that confronted the -generals of the civil war, and posHlbly some of them now know why it was that tlj cry of "On to Richmond" lasted four years instead ot as many months. At least, they have en Joyed the privilege of studying In th fin est military school lit th world, th bat tle ground of the Old Dominion. No other portion of the earth of -Its slse has sup ported so many sanguinary conflicts, with so many highly trained combatants in volved, snd it is hardly to b doubted that every phas of warfare known up to th time was encountered or made use ot by the two srmle that fought over Virginia. At th military schools of all nations careful .study Is given to th tactics of th great soldier, such as Napoleon, Hannibal and Frederick, and, of courae, each nation teaches Its youngsters the campaigns ot Its own heroes. But In th United States, at least, most ot this study has been from text hooks snd maps, and it the student went over th grounds at all, jh wsi rarely attended with lnstruotprs, snd In the conditions of an army "on th march, lice's retreat from Gettysburg and Grsnt'u campaign In the Wilderness hav been studied In the war colleges as master pieces of .American military genius, but this is the first time' that "th officers have taken the field Id se for themlve .4-- ' -I--JJ- j 4 , F. H. DAVIS. Vice-President' Jd Vice-President. . , , X. ALLISON. Ass t. Caahlisr. i POINTED PLEASANTRIES. K nick er-W hen he graduated he thought he would save t. state. Bocker And now he Is trvlng to Av a dollar a week. New York Pun. "I s.arte"' out on th theorv that ' the world had an opening for ms and 1 went to find It." , "Old you find It?'' "Oh. yes, I'm In a hole." Baltimore American. - .. . . ' "I can't understand why Brown should have failed." i . . . "Nor can I. I always thought he' wa doing finely. He often came to me to. advice.' Detroit Fr Press r . t- "Talk," aald I'ncle L.teu, "Is sumpln' lil,o rain. A certain amount is luiui.ut a.i necessary. But doggntio a delugt!" S IngtoH star. . i 'Talking of the ula.-'Kal drama," fciujrV ' a theatrical manager, ' I ih -ou..( esurrect old Charon, the -ferryman oi ... . Styx, for a doorkeeper," . i . "Why Charon?" " "Because he could 'collect money fru u deadheads." Chicago Tribune, "tea." said Rivet ta, "I went o a 5 o c'o.k tea with my wife yesterday." "GrsiMous:" exclaimed t. jiunilf j -, &1U 1 It nearly drive you ciaxyf ' "Oh, no, 1 didn't mind it. I own a 'boiler shop, you know." Catholic Standard; ..and. Times. t .. ( ... "What are you son's college oolors?' "Well," answered Farmer Curniutl. "Josh has figured so strong In bt,i. "' fool ball, I should say they must o-? wl... and blue." Washington Star. . Customer (having face whls that towel la hot! Barber Yes, 1 know; hut It any longer. Puck. ' steamed) Gee 1 couldn't hol'l The Judge Gentlemen of the. Jury, .havv you reached an agreemen t7 I ne 1-oreman We have, your honor.- ?he Judge What la your verdict? '. he Foreman We find the .accused, fot guilty provided he will leave to n OfitcAj Newa. '"How was he acquitted?",, I' ' , , "Insanity." - . - ' . -v.'. "He doesn't seem crasy." . "He Itm't. It was the Jury that was off. ' Kansas City Times.- .'. " "That woman won't take either side of the social dispute until she Is reasonably sure which one is going to win: She's B cat!" 1., - r- "Ah I then that accounts for her being pn the fenc." Baltimore American. " 1 "BIRD BATTY," i. " He sat upon the railing And aired his thoughts profound, While she sat on a seat nearby-' And simply gazed around; ' But suddenly Jnur.fauk. took on . Art animated glow; - - - "lAha," thought he. "trjy views accord With hers she heeds. I know;'-' And as he exulted, that his words Found echo In her soul. "fSh-sh keep still" she rudely said-- "Just hear that oriole." . . . ii. - - : ; ' Perched high to get the liahf, it the light, lned rUsortJrue light; '-VS A rubber-dam restrain She was In sorrv ollxht: The buis-saw was In Droacess., - V Hhe winced In nervous dread. ".!. . "Till something moving caught her 'eye. Thro' the .window Just abead; " . And tho' that buxz-saw every nerve ; With pain had Bet a-smartln', Bhe pointed, while her Imprisoned toigue Tried to say, "Purple martin." IH. - " ' ' "V They were speeding In an aulOr-i1' ' She was guiding th machine Past gardens, fields and orchards. 4 And meadows fresh ahd frreent S 'rL rf He was ready with his promptings, She was seemingly intent . , .. -When with a sudden sirkeiflrtg Qrastl' i, The atmosphere was rent , The machine as all demolished, -,. They were bruised black and bin; And when she found her vole h sal, '"Twas a yellow-billed cuckoo." iv. ' In a rowboat on the maters Of a willow-border -lakes -.,".; -r With a comrade aha was floating1 -- Purely-for pleasure s sake; When suddenly she gave a bound. The rowboat gave a lurch. And In two seconds they were In Among the bass and" perch But ahe bobbed up to the surfac. t v FroSn hr mouth th water spat. And pointing tu a tree she gasped, -in; r "There's a yellow-breasted chat." Omaha. BAYALL NE TRELI. Brass Dan-ds .Now Use the HOLTON Band Instruments The band leaders, the band teacueis us the Hoi ton Band Instruments'. If your bsnd Instructor can't Inform you regarding the new proposition cornet, known as t'onturter Model, manufac tured by Holton, you wabt to consider, that he requires prompting, Kindly' post us and we will mall the proofs and testimonials showing The New Conturtrr Model Cornet, sliver, sand blast finished, with quick change to A, high and low pitch tuning slide and elegant case, only $6S. Go see it at Hospe's. it will opes your cor net eyes to a wonder fully easy blowing ln- ' strumenC . 4 - (iENTISB PADt'A VIOLIN BTklVbi ' I -. ; ;i."; Just In from, ths flus torn bouse. A A. Bospe C6;