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Baikswrtkara leaving tha city tans
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(Had to taasa. A 44 rasa will k
chang-ad am aftea mm raeetd.
This is not too early to begin to get
safe and sane.
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To the disappearing free lunch
counter: Not goodbye, but au ravoir.
Those medals and receptions appear
to have worked a hoodoo for the
Wright brothers.
The Lincoln Star says' that the
Omaha city council Is "a democratic
city council." Wo object.
June Is past, but tha marriage
license clerk serves notice that he Is
still working at the same old stand.
William T. Stead's new plan to com
municate with tha spirits might prove
-useful In Nebraska after 8 o'clock.
' '
The ' Controversy over a literal pur
gatory Is too warm for thia kind of
weather and we move to adjourn until
December. "
Perhaps E. H. Harrlman la trying
electrification on himself, so that if it
-works out all right he may try it on
bis railroads.
Turkey and Greece are respectfully
requested not to start any war Just
now, a all our war correspondents are
busy at Washington.
Nebraska's state treasurer has al
most a million dollars on hand, and
the state completely out of debt. An
other prosperity straw.
A floating island bas been con
structed for the Champlaln celebra
tion, but It Isn't exactly the kind
mother used to make.
Washington state suffragettes had
a lively row in their convention, but
possibly they are only In training for
a militant campaign.
The threatened drouth in Tennessee
'haa bn delayed by a court injunc
tion, but- tha mountain moonshiners
doubtless have a simpler method.
Dr.' Eliot's five feet of books has
inert r if it will lend literary tone to the
house and you really do not have to
read all the books In your library.
If Mother Earth did appropriate the
moon, as the California professor al
leges, she has been In undisputed pos
session long enough to perfect title.
Ohio democrats are assiduously cul
tivating the Harmon presidential boom
for 1911, evidently hoping that plenty
of time will permit Its reaching ma
turlty.
Mrs. Oould Bays she is going to
economise by wearing fewter dresses
She might compromise by going back
on tha stage - and. wearing them
shorter.
The Standard Oil company's Oer
man branch shows a decline in
earnings for the year. If this thing
keeps up John D. will have to econo
mist oa his golf balls.
President Calhoup of the San. Fran
ciaco Street lull way company la to be
retried, .bis former hearing resulting
la, disagreement, j Attorney. Honey's
motto must be, "If at first you don't
succeed, try, try again."
ThJs coming fall la likely to witness
another rush for Indian lands to be
opaned in South Dakota. Tha days
of tha land rushes In this country are
drawing to a close, for not many tracts
yemalB. to. bo opened, but still tha peo-
pit ara as iaod hungry as aver.
Mr. Taft'i Warning.
In his address at Yale university
President Taft baa Indirectly Issued a
warning to his party colleagues of the
senate and house that they must pass
a tariff hill measurably satisfactory to
the country or the republicans will be
aking a chance on finding themselves
In the minority In the next house.
Mr. Taft Is diplomatic and under
stands well tho relation of the execu
tive, but for all that his words are not
to be mistaken. He says the party
must make good on Its promises or
risk defeat when It again goes before
the people.
Whether the bill as It stands In the
senate falls short of meeting his Ideas
of making good party promises ran be
only Judged by his previous utterances,
but there Is ample reason to believe
that he expects material modifications
of the bill In conference, where he
should be in better position to make
his Influence felt.
Not alone In relation to the tariff
s President Taft's utterance timely.
It Is a repetition of the pledges he
made as a candidate as to clinching
the policies of President Roosevelt.
He Is quietly end unostentatiously
hewing to the line nnd serves notice
to all concerned that there Is to he no
reversal of policy. If congress will
do Its part, as well as the president,
to meet public expectations the party
will have nothing to fear In the next
congressional election.
Settling Up South Dakota..
The prospective opening to settle
ment of two more sections of the
Sioux reservation in South Dakota Is
of great importance to that state.
Adding to the productive area, with
Its consequent increase In population,
is alone material, but solidifying the
nterests of the state Is also of great
value. Formerly the section east of
he Missouri river and the Black Hills
district were separated by the vast
reservation with no means of direct
communication and the two had little
In common. Previous settlements.
with those In prospect, have brought
railroads Into the reservation, connect
ing the two sections and harmonising
differences.
With the additional population at
tracted to these lands and their pro
ductive capacity added to It's wealth
there appears no reason why South
Dakota should not advance more
rapidly than ever before. .If these
lands are opened this fall, as antici
pated, they will be settled before the
census Is taken and the state receive
the benefit of full publicity of Its
growth. Indirectly the great addition
to the grain growing and consuming
section at Omaha's doors will benefit
this city.
Decadence of the Lobbyist.
The best Informed people In Wash
ington assert that the lobbyist, in the
sense that the term was used a quar
ter of a century ago. Is practically tin
known in the capital city today and
that the few who hang on, Instead of
living on the fat of the land, lead a
precarious existence. Large Interests
nowadays affected by legislation use
entirely different methods. ' High
priced lawyers and technical experts
present their cases to congressional
committees and public sentiment,
where possible, is brought to bear
upon legislators. The man who pays
any of the professional lobbyists re
maining in Washington for his serv
ices is worse than wasting his money.
The lobbyist who would undertake to
operate as did Tom Troy, Sam Ward,
Nat McKay or others of their type
would find none to attend their swell
dinners or accept the thinly veiled
favors.
It Is true, of course, that legislation
may often be improperly influenced,
but more often this is done from
within than from without congress.
Large interests employing so many
men they can make or unmake con
gressmen or senators find their advo
cates on the floor with political for
tunes as the prise. These and other
Indirect Influences have always been
exerted, but the most careful observ
ers Insist there is less flagrant corrup
tion in public life in Washington than
at any time In recent years. -
That Brandenburg Article.
While much ado was made over the
charges that the Grover Cleveland
article printed by the New York Times
last year was spurious, comparatively
little attention seems to be given to
the acquittal of Broughton Branden
burg, accused of forgery in connection
therewith. The trial of Brandenburg
has. at any rate, brought out the facts
bearing on the preparation and publi
cation of this article and discloses un
disputed evidence that, whether Mr.
Cleveland ever signed a copy of the
article or not, the article Itself was
made up of materials furnished by
him, and reflected his opinion of Mr.
Bryan and his views of the then polit
ical situation without willful misrep
resentation. The views embodied in that article
were, in substance, the views of Mr.
Cleveland expressed by him freely to
other people. The exact phraseology
may not have been his, and he doubt
less was unfortunate in his selection
of an agent to whom ha Intrusted the
preparation and marketing of the
manuscript. But the hue and cry
about a political conspiracy to use the
name of Grover Cleveland to rally his
democratic friends against Mr. Bryan
has had the bottom knocked com
pletely out of it
There Is no question that GTOver
Cleveland died thoroughly convinced
that Mr. Bryan was an unsafe political
leader for tha democracy, and -that,
although his third nomination was
foreordained, publis Mjlfare deinandel
his defest again as much as It did when
he had run before. The charge that
the Brandenburg article was spurious
was made In the heat of the campaign
for tha purpose of counteracting Its
effect as a political document, and In
the hopa that It could be made to act
as a boomerang In favor of Mr. Bryan.
But this hope, too, was disappointed,
and it Is doubtful If the article cut
much figure either way in the actual
outcome of the presidential election.
Coming Retirement of Von Bnelow.
The announcement is made that
Chancellor von Buelow of the German
empire Is to retire upon the adoption
of tha proposed financial program now
before the Reichstag. He Is the third
to hold that office since the empire was
established In 1871 and has been in
office eleven years.
The responsibilities of Imperial
chancellor are great and the difficulties
Immense. He Is the head of a re
sponsible ministry, which must depend
upon a patchwork majority In the leg
islative bodies. To statesmanship he
must add political adroitness of the
highest order to hold together the
groups necessary for a majority. Be
tween his legislative duties, handling
the delicate complications of Interna
tional politics In which Germany Is
Immersed and the erratic, but brilliant,
emperor, the task is one to tax tho
chancellor's powers to the utmost. It
Is not strange, therefore, after eleven
years' service von Buelow should de
sire a rest. Should be finally retire
voluntarily and In good favor ho will
be tho first to do so, for both Bismarck
and Hohenlohe broke with the em
peror and made their exits from office
in Imperial disfavor.
Discussion of a successor Is appar
ently profitless at present, because von
Buelow's proposed retirement Is con
tingent upon passing the financial bills
and this Is apparently some time in
the future and may require an appeal
to the country, owing to conservative
defection from the parliamentary ma
jority. Von Buelow's stature as a
statesman 1b difficult to measure at
present, but certainly to maintain him
self in so difficult a position for eleven
years reflects consummate ability.
Another nice question raised by the
daylight saloon law Is, When is
8 o'clock? Our timepieces are now
set to what Is known as standard time,
gauged according to the time at cer
tain fixed meridians, and changing one
full hour at each fifteenth meridian.
Here In Omaha our clocks and watches
show the sun time in the neighbor
hood of Chicago, when in fact our own
sun time varies some thirty minutes.
Eight o'clock by the watch here Is only
half past 7 by the sun, and If we
should take Denver time Instead of
Chicago time It would be only
7 o'clock. Only one thing is certain
that whenever 8 o'clock p. m. Is,
7 o'clock a. m. is thirteen hours prior
thereto.
Whether the 8 o'clock law is or Is
not contested by the liquor dealers
through their associations or Individ
ually, the law will sooner or later have
to run the gauntlet of the courts, be
cause the first offenders charged with
violating it will surely raise every de
fense within reach, and the one de
fense will be to question its validity.
That is the history of nearly every law
that adds new penalties to the crimi
nal code, and the 8 o'clock closing law
will hardly be an exception to the rule.
When the socialists went into court
to test Nebraska's first direct primary
law there was no such holler from the
demo-pops as they are now raising
over the move to test tha so-called
nonpartisan Judiciary act. WJiyT Is
it because tha original direct primary
law was passed by a republican legis
lature, while the so-called nonpartisan
judiciary law waa passed by a demo
pop legislature?
Hanging up the deposit guaranty
act is hard on the office-hungry demo
crats who thought they were connect
ing with the pay roll under it. Still,
no harder on them than it would have
been on the republicans whom the
democratic law-makers thought they
had legislated out of office.
If his portrait correctly represents
blm, ex-President Reyes of Colombia
looks much like Emperor William of
Germany. The . resemblance stops
there, however, as the emperor is still
working at his job.
Scientists have figured it out that
tha SaltOn soa in southern California
will have evaporated by 1915. As it
is forty miles long and In places 100
feet deep, the sun will have to keep
busy at that.
A New York firm advertises to de
liver aeroplanes within forty days of
receipt of tha order, . which would
seem to be an Indication that the age
of aviation Is really dawning.
A French professor who visited this
country returned home to sing the
praises of the American hospital
nurses. He is not the first man to
fall In love with the nurse.
Idas! His Old rrlaads.
Chicago Tribune.
Furthermore Mr. Bryan glvs It out dis
tinctly that h wants no mora newspaper
notoriety. But who ever would hav
heard of him If It had not baen for th
newspapers?
A Pulat Overlooked.
Boston Herald.
A grandson of th author of "America."
in a letter to a New Tork newspaper, In
opposition to th campaign of raoa preju
dice which has been launched as a result
of the Elsie Sigel affair, suggeata that even
If acne Chinese hav "pratanded conver
biou they are neither th first nor th last
to mak religion a cloak for evil alms. He
declares th chief menace to our country
comes from those who seek to msgnlfy
rselal hostilities and to create factitious
hatreds.
Balldtnst es Harrlman Froat.
ft. Louts Olobe-Democrat.
Mr. Harrlman has been told that he must
take on more flesh and drink beer to do
It. Some of the men on whom Mr. Harrl
man has fallen are sure that h Is heavy
enough already. Cut the prescription Is
tha first encouragement the brewers have
had In a lonr time.
Some r.rnt One Overlooked.
St. Ixiuls Republic.
It Is disappointing to find In Tha Omaha
Bee's essay on proper tributes to sreat
men no recommendation of a memorial
to th herolo loyalty manifested by Da
mon Heebert Jones to Pythiss Jep Howe
when th great reformer of St. Louis was
"pinched" for scorching.
SldllitK I p to Oonrt Friend.
Wall Street Journal.
Several years ago th influence of the
United States was exerted to save China
from beln carved up and divided among
several European powers. Possibly the as
tute Chinese thought of this, and reasoned
that with larite amounts of American
money Invested there the fnlted States
would be more than ever disposed to help
malntalr. the Integrity of tha Chinese em
pire. Warn I nan Worth Meed In sr.
Boston Herald.
The American Institute of Homeopathy,
meeting In Detroit last week, condemned
the use of bemnate of soda as a preserva
tive, and Indorsed Dr. Wiley's efforts. The
Indiana Pure Food and Drug; commissioner
has been testing benioate for Its effect In
soda fountain syrups, and reported to the
State Pharmaceutical association last week
that Its Injurious character had been es
tablished beyond doubt. Warning was slven
of an order to be Issued by the Indiana
Board of Health forbidding the use of this
preservative at soda fountains. A few more
decisions of this nature, with proper pub
llclty, will put an end to the usefulness of
bentolc acid In any form and be ms ef
fective as a federal prohibition.
Fannlrst Thins; In Tariff Debate.
New Tork Sun.
When Is a tariff rata a revenue duty?
Mr. Baron of Georgia thinks his proposed
rata of 4 cents a pound upon Sea Island
cotton would not b at all protective,
whll Senator Aldrlch thinks It would be
too high. He asked Mr. Bacon In th sen
ate yesterday who desired such a duty,
and th Georgia Senator replied:
"Th growers of th cotton wanted a
much higher duty than I have asked for,
and I declined to ask tha senate for mora
than a revenue duty. I do not propose to
stand for a protective duty."
This Is the funniest thng that has been
said during the debate, and the Hon. Au
gustus Octaviiis Bacon Is tha most sol
emn man In the senate.
Piping- Off Dream.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It Is pleasant to contemplate E. H. Har
rlman planting trees along his western
trunk lines, making parallel rows of ver
dura from the Mississippi valley to the
Pacific slope. The scheme 6f planting
trees along the right of way la not a new
one, but It has never before been put Into
exocutlon on so large a scale. Such trees
serve as a natural snowshed, provide a fu
ture supply of material for ties and other
railroad work, and add to the attractive
ness of the railroad. They do not shut out
the view sufficiently to diminish tha en
Joyment of th traveler, and their shad
materially adds to his comfort. It would
be well If many railroads follow the Har
rlman example.
. PROP0SjJfy Cl'STOMS COURT.
1' h m9mmmm9m
Method of Settling; Disputes Between
Importers and Appraisers.
Indianapolis Journal.
The naw tariff bill contains a provision
to establish a customs court of appeals,
composed of five Judges, at a salary of
110,000 each. Tha court Is to have exclu
five Jurisdiction In disputes between lnv
porters and customs appraisers.
Opposition to the proposed court has de
veloped, upon the ground of its cost and
Its excluslveness.
Th regular federal courts, now burdened
with th host of customs cases, would be
relieved by th transfer to a special Juris
diction, as they would ba relieved were all
patent cases transferred to a special patent
court. The regular Judges possess no
special knowledge of either customs or
patents, and have to go to school to the
lawyers In nearly every customs or patent
case.
In general, any measure, which, Justlfla'
bl In Itself, tends to raduo the calendars
of the federal courts, especially that of th
supreme court. Is commendable.
The new plan provides for quick de
cisions In customs cases. As things are,
the Importer who appeals pays the tariff
and sells tha goods on the basts of th
tariff paid. If he wins his oae after long
delay he receives back th excess of duty,
which he pockets. But tha consumer does
not shar In th rectification.
Tariff cases. Ilk patent eases. Involve
interpretations of a special law. Therefore
the desire of tha Treasury department for
special judges tiaving special Jurisdiction
and possessed of special knowledge ap
pears reasonable.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Sorrola, the Spanish panter, returned
horn with (500,000 In his pocket after a
five months' stay In the United States.
Mrs. Thomas P. Gore, wife of th blind
senator from Oklahoma, declares her re
sentment of any suggestion that her hus
band is "a wife-made man."
A militant suffragette keeps getting ar
rested becausa she will Insist on holding
meetings In New York streets without first
securing the license that might ba had for
tha asking. A man desiring to hold similar
gatherings would get tha license and not
feel especially abused at th necessity.
Mrs. Emma Neal Douglas of Atlanta,
worth $300,000 In her own right, who Is
suing E. L Douglas, worth ffiOO.OOO for
divorce, charges her husband with miser
liness. She says that even during th
honeymoon he began charging her for
every meal she ata and compelled her to
settle every month, and that he required
her to pay tha extra expense for any guest
she might have.
Senator Lodge came over to New Tork
Saturday to see Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
and her family aboard tha liner bound for
Italy. "You know that I am never inter
viewed." said Mrs. Roosevelt to tha re
porters; "I leave all that to my husband."
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, being asked to pose
for a picture, sensibly replied: "We have
been In tha public eye for seven years
and hava had enough of It. Give somebody
else a chance."
E. B. Hala, a St. Louis negro, declares
that after ten years of effort he has per
fected a plan to colonise 2 000 negroes In
Southwest Missouri. It has been the dream
of Hale's Ufa to eatablidsh a colony for
his race that might ba self- supporting and
Independent of tha white man. Now, he
says, his dream is about to be realised
It Is Hale's plan to build homes for the
negroes on ST.000 acres of land In Carter
and Butler counties, on whii-n ha says
his company has an option. .
Washington Life
Short Sketches of Xneldente and Bp
sodes that Mark tba Frog-rass of
X rente at tba national Capital.
Th ItvelUst roar heard along th
Potomac at Washington since the railroads
took the Roosevelt medit-me cornel from
ii,. in.imt vocal machinery of agents of
bonding compsnles. In volume and fury It
surpasses the rival roar provoked by the
proposed corporation tax. Bonding busi
nesses a great snap In Washington. A
great many federal employes are required
to furnish fidelity bonds, tha cost of which
makes quite a cut In the salaries. In
years past the cost was moderate, about
$1 per $1,000. But on the first of this year
the bonding companies got together and the
price was boosted to IS per $1,000. Appeals
from the victims Induced Chslrman Tawney
of the house appropriations committee to In
vestigate the combine and his announced
determination to suppress the graft caused
the vocal disturbance.
Mr. Tawney says the officials of the
Posioffice department annually pay $)?0.0'i0
In premiums for bonds. The department
maintains a bond division, where the clerks
examine the sureties, classify them, look
after renewals and perform other clerical
work. Th cost of maintaining this
division Is $20,000 a year. The average an
nual loss which th bonding companies
have made good has been $32,000. Mr.
Tawney thinks this Is a very high rate of
Insurance for the government and Its of
ficers to pay. He says the figures for the
Navy department and War department are
even more striking. Ther hav been
practically no defalcations by th bonded
officers of those two departments.
Mr. Tawney telle of the pitiful case of
the disbursing clerk of th census bureau.
This official, who will disburse $14.000,OJO
during the coming year, receives th
munificent salary of The bonding
companies have decided that he must
furnish a surety of $100,000. At $3 per
$1,000 the hapless census employe would
be required to hand over to the bonding
company 13 per cent of the annual salary.
Th chief defense of th bonding con
cerns for increasing rates is that they
hava merely put the chars up to the
regular banking ratea. They protest bit
terly that Chairman Tawney Is takln
away from them th "cream of the bond
ing business." This argument haa not
appealed very Strongly to tha Minnesota
man, who says that he will press for the
adoption of his measure as soon as an
opportunity offers.
Now comes the great question that is
agitating social Washington, reports the
National Magaxtne. Erudite authors and
ambitious newspaper-men are contributing
a symposium on "how to choose a wife."
The old and yet aver new story of love
and mating Is always a popular theme
tor discussion.
The conclusion was reached in on corner
of the press gallery, during a special dls
cusHlon of this question, that "not one
man out of 1,000 who marries actually
chooses his wife." He thinks, It Is true,
that he Is courting a girl, while as a mat
tar of faot. It 1c tha girl who Is courting
him. When ha thinks ha la claiming her
for his own, as a matter of fact she is
making him a oaptlve for Ufa. Of course
It was admitted, there was a sort of charm
in such captivity even for the most free
dom-loving man; still no amount of dls.
cuBslon appeared to bring any real solu
tlon of th way a man chooses his wlfa, or
the way a wlfa chooses a husband. In
fact, this complicated question promises
to take rank with tha old query, "How
old In Ann?" tha true authorship of "Ain't
It awful, Mabel 1" or ' the 'unanswerable
problem, "Who atruck Billy Patterson V
It has been suggested that if tha govern
ment would take a hand In the solution, as
It does In Japan, It might ba possible to
marry the right women to tha right men
train up a lady, fit her in every way for
wifehood, then shoot her home with a
dispatch authorising her to marry some
dystlnsulshed nan, much In tha same
way that tbes affairs were managed or
mismanaged In tha days of tha grand old
Spartans.
Three hundred and ninety-one disgusted
statesmen are creeping dejectedly around
Washington these scorching days, their
minds filled with visions of gurgling trout
streams, billowing surf, neglected farms
vacant law offices. They are th
members of th house of representatives,
and they ar waiting with suoh fortitude
as they can muster for tha senate to get
through with, tha tariff bill so that they
can so home for a little vacation. If
"Uncle Joe" and the republican whip
didn't keep after them with might and
mala, reports a correspondent of th Bos
ton Herald, It would ba Impossible to mus
ter a quorum, , for the almost endless job
of waiting patiently with nothing to do but
answer to their names twloe eaoh week
has become a trifle tedious.
Th base ball games hava baen ona ray
of comfort In an otherwise boundless deso
lation this summer. Every time the horn
team comes back a band of weary states
men may b found in tha front row root
ing with tha only enthusiasm that has
been manifested in official circles since
Champ Clark was beaten for the speaker
ship on tha opening day of tha session,
'way back in March.
Ona of tha most popular congressmen
these hot days Is Frank Lowden of Chi
cago. Mr. Lowden, who Is a man of
wealth, owns a magnificent yacht, which
ha has had on tha Potomac since tha be
ginning of tha heated term. A keen sailor
who enjoys tha sport, he takes a party of
congenial spirits down th river for a sail
almost every evening.
Soma of th California congressmen have
been whtling away the tim on fishing
trips, but the Potomac has been so muddy,
by reason of a series of rains, that tha
bass fithlng has been ruined, and the
westerners are compelled to go down Into
Virginia and North Carolina for their sport
Representative Kahn of San Francisco,
who used to live In Boston, Is an angler
of note, and usualy organises the fishing
trips. Mr. Kahn has also discovered a
new diversion to while away the time.
Ha haa bean visiting tba battlefields around
Washington and, aa there ar hundreds of
them, he has mapped out a pretty good
Job.
Speaker Cannon spends, a part of each
day In his office at th capnol. H Is ex
tremely busy Just now, for he Is making
up the committee assignments, which will
be announced at the close of tha extra
session. Many members, with desires for
particular eommittea Jobs, drop In to see
hlin every day to ask their favors.
Washington Js a lonesome town In the
summer. Tha city Is almost devoid of
amuuemants. and whenever tha Jaded
statesmen want to sea a good hot weather
show they Jump over to New Tork to take
in tha roof gardens.
Reprexenlatlv Cartrr of Oklahoma Sow
Is the fastest talker In tha houxe. He
averages about 2uQ words a minute. For
mer Representative Llttlefleld held Hie
record when be was la tne uuh. On one
occasion he averaged K words In a min
ute for fifty minutes.
Every quotation, every table of atatld
tlcs and every historical reference - made
by an orator of either the house or the
senat is verified by th stenographers be
tor being mad a part of the record. A
fact known probably only to tbes stenog
raphers Is the truth that rarely does a
man when reading from a reference book
during a speech read the selected matter
correctly. Therefore, the rule of tha
stenographers' office Is that every quota
tion, no matter how seemingly InMgnlflcanl
it appear, must be verified.
DRAT tlU.IMHIS TO IT.
Navigators of Ancient Ireland Claim
Priority aa American Dlacaverera.
New Tork World.
In a book about to be published In Lon
don the well-known tradition or a pre-Co-lumbus
Irish settlement In America re
ceives startling support. With the dis
covery of certain Arabian and Scandina
vian maps In the Caoanatensin library in
Roma the habitation of America by the
Celts before Columbus arrived is estab
lished beyond question.
The Tact that the finder of this Inter
esting information is a woman and the
only one of her sex to be appointed by
the pope to assist the commission for tho
revision of the Vulgate only serves to
Intensify the general interest In the work
she is about to lay before the public.
Mrs. Marlon Mulhall, author of . "Th
Celtic Sources of . the Divine Comadla,"
and numerous other works.. I the dis
coverer of the hitherto only fabled ac
count of an early invasion of America by
the Irish.
Th maps she discovered among the
musty trchlves of tha Casanatennls li
brary are of unquestioned authenticity,
and show that , not only did the Irish
establish a Christian colony In America
In the first century of Christianity, but
they gave the name of their native land
to that part of the new country which
they occupied.
Klsewher in the book, which bears the
title, "Kxplorers In the New World Be
fore and After Columbus," are chapters
on navigators of the sixteenth century,
Irish commanders In Chile and Peru,
Hlberno-Spanlsh notables, and various
episodes and personalities connected with
th romantic conquest of South America.
The book omits no Important name or
event, and for the first time gives their
due meed to the Irish soldiers and states
men who have horne surh a notable part
In South American history.
WnAT PAKE.T ot M KNOW,
Tbe Rlsrht Thlna; to Do In Cna of
Fireworks Injuries.
Chicago Record-Herald.,
Every parent ought to know how to pro
tect his children from lockjaw In case they
are Injured In the course of Fourth of July
celebrations.
Ha ought to know that the sliRht as we'.l
as the serious Injury may result 'in lock
jaw. He ought to know that In every case of
Injury a doctor should be called.
He ought to know that tha wounds
should be washed and peroxide of hydro
gen applied even before the doctor cornea,
and that the wound must be kept open in
tha meantime.
He ought to know that medical treat
ment should Include thorough cleansing of
the wounds, cauterisation with a carbollo
acid solution or other disinfectant, and
that It should be dressed every day. He
ought to know that anti-tetanic serum can
be obtained gratis In case It Is needed and
ha Is unable to pay for It.
Every parent ought to clip a copy of th
health department's recommendations out
of tha newspapers and paste It in his hat
till tha last echo of the celenratton la over.
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Experienced instructors in
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Thorough courses in domestic
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Well equipped gymnasium and
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Illustrated year book sent on
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Certirlrate admits to Wellesley, tfirilth,
Vsssar and Ml. Hnlyoke. 24 Instructors,
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LAUGHING LINES.
I ilon I know what to n-.iv.. of vnt
vnung spendthrift. snU'i me pvidant r i .
live.
- should ray he la a victim ii
Itv." said Mls Cavenne. "It ni
fortune to Inherit a lot of mom-'
Ington Star.
If the Cr and Kmneror William roiun
wsnted to estnbllfh an entente cordials
thev took a tineer wav.of doing It.'
"How sot "
"Thev. went, to the Klnlsh for th begln
ing "Baltimore Amertcnn.
Pat An' jhwat the dlvlV Is a chafln' d sh '
Mike Whlstl I'fs a fryln' pan that's got
Into society. Boston Transcript.
"I -im tired cf til Cffh-lal hot air taffc.
Do you know of inv that Is rellahl?"
"Oh. vrs: the hot nlr tnlk of the weather
man when he iirnmlF a rise In tempera
ture." Chicago Tribune.
"T.esrin' Ttv experience 'Is' ronvtncln'."
ssld I 'uncle F.ben. "Rut as Is de rase wlf
toadstools an' mushrooms, It's moe'ly il
wises' plan to he satisfied wlf hearsay evi
dence." Washington Mfar.
The Judge You shot nt the prosecutlne
witness three times ' What was he dolngl
The victim He was singing "In th tkvd
Old Summer Time."
.iiKlgi 1 ilfC'hnrged Cleveland Plsln
Dealer.
'.'Talking about that divorce esse, you
know he proposed to her on nn nutmoltl
trio."
Well, these Joy rides have but one end
ing.'" Baltimore Amerl ail.
"Did you see the Sugar .trust's state
ment?" "No. I've no doubt It was candied"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Chnlly Me dcah boy. why do you hnve
the bsndsK around your head?
Reggie A thouitlit struck me. ruck.
Vest End Do vnu belle.ve la the principle
thnt monev t.ilks?
Mtirravhill 1 II It srtys frood-bye to me
frequently. ToWa Topics.
"There Is one psrsdo-xlanl experience."
remarked the Home Phlhisopher, "which
nearlv everv ' person hss.
"What Is thatr" ssked the Jtumhle Com
panion. .'' i
"That it strikes no one's sense of humor
to hit his funny bone.'' Baltimore Ameri
can. " '
Man with. the. Bulging Brow Von w-snt
to buy a Mexican dog? What for?
Man with the Bulbous Noc Well. T ve
taken a notion that 1 can use one of them
as a raxor strap. Chicago Tribune.
HOLD UP Y0UH END.
Detroit Free Press.
"I've noticed."'" ialrt -Abe Wllklns once,
"Thst men 'are often proud.
Thev like to mnke n flourish when
They're mliittltn' with the crowd.
An(j manv a young man blows the coin
He can't afford to spend ' i
RecaiiHe he "has Jhe rlofUrn h
Must always hold, his end.
"That 'holdln' up his end'.to'.m
Is all right In lis war.''
An' yet it Is a phrSae that's led
A heap of;men aatrny.
I've noticed that It. most applies
To bar-rooms apd cnfen,
An' means that, when If Comes his turn
A fellow gludry pays.
, a . '
"I like a man to do his share
In everything that goes.
An" I despise a mean man's tricks.
As everybody knows.
But 1 have seen a lot of woe
An' misery depend
Entirely on this foolish plan
Of holdln' up an end.
' v , .
"I've seen a fellow blow, the coin
His wife an', babies need;
I've seen him tryln' hfcrd to keep
A pace beyond his speed.
An' then I've seen him all alone
His homeward Journey wtnd.
Shame-faced and downcast all becaust
Ha had upheld his end.
'The name 'good fellow' la all right.
But wheresoe'er I ronm,
If I were you, young man, I'd try
To win that name at home.
My loved ones 1 would think of first.
Home is the place, my friend.
The only place that's Worth the fight
Of holdln' . up your end."i
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, Our wonderful success in de
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