THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, JULY 5,1909.
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Blate of Nebraaka, Douglas County, :
George B. Txachuck, treaaurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn, aaya that the actual number of full
and complete copies of The Daily, Morn
ing, Evening and Sunday Bee printed dur
ing the month of June, 1909, waa as fol
lows:
1 41,37
IT..'. 41.MO
18 41,660
It 41,680
80 40,000
81 41,760
88 41,870
83 41,860
84 41,780
33 44,640
86 41,680
87 40,030
83 41,790
89 41,790
30 41,670
g 41,380
3 41,880
4 41,850
B 41,080
at,aoo
T 41,480
a 41,640
41,630
10 41,860
11 41,630
IS 43,040
13 40,300
14 41,370
18 41,940
la 41,640
Total. .1,847,300
Returned Copies. 9,880
Net Total
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(Seal) ' M. P. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Subscriber leaTlagf tae city tem
porarily shoal kavt Ta Be
nailed to taena. Address will a
eaaafed aa aftea aa reaaested.
The weather man was sane on the
Fourth, anyhow. ,'.,
Omaha's June birth record shows up
total of 211. No race suicide here.
One thing in favor of. the automo
bile e against the horse la that it will
not shy at a firecracker.
Castro in busy again rapping the
United States, but Castro's reach is
short and bis blows lack; steam.
Remember that you can do just
as much If not more .damage cele
brating the Fourth on the fifth.
Costa Rica must be offering induce
ments for Boston people to migrate
there by putting team VhJie' free Ust.'
A Chinese official accused of brib
ery and corruption. , led of apoplexy.
Supersensitive people, those Chinese.
The curfew may ring in Omaha the
aame aa usual on Independence day,
but there will be aa much noise no one
will be able to hear It."
The first six months of the present
year show a comparative decrease In
failures In the United States, which
is another encouraging sign.
An Omaha church is to have a flag
presentation to receive a gift of a
silken "Old." Glory." How many
churchea In Omaha have a flag?
The liquor dealers will observe the
8 O'clock: closing law, but they would
ahed no tears If some critical Judge
should declare It unconstitutional.
Statistics indicate that aviation la
aafer than automoblllng. At any rate
more people are killed or hurt every
day in automobiles than in airships.
The signal corpa of . the army is
about to advertise for a cross-country
touring aeroplane and the man who
has one for sale may find a purchaser;
President Taft has gone to his sum
mer home In Massachusetts for a few
daya just to see how nice it would be
If congress would adjourn and let him
move.
The Austrian chlnaware trust, or
ganlsed to boost the prices of crock'
iry sent to the United States, has gone
to pieces. The American consumer
refused to see the raise and the game
atopped right there. '
Emperor Willtam might tender the
position of Imperial' chancellor to
Roosevelt when von Buelow quits. A
clash between Roosovelt and the
Reichstag would be -a sight which
Europeans' would enjoy.
A Canadian military man declares
that the United States 'could not whip
Canada.,. If. la hardly fair to start any
thing like that now when all our
fighters are busily engaged pounding
the Standard Oil oompany and the
tariff bill." ' ' " '
France now asserts that Benjamin
Franklin did not invent the lightning
rod, but-that.it was designed by
Frenchman. One thing la certain
however, and that ia no one ever ap
proached tha activities of the Amerl
can lightning rod agent. v
Whafi.thlsJ-; Father Murphy en
joined from acting as a priest and th
Injunction issued . by '.a democratic
Judge? ,wm.thta etltnulate another
hysterical- outburst from the local
demo-pop organ against government
by Injunction? ' We shall see.
Progress on Tariff Bill.
The r-HBRage with lutle debate ot the
corporation tax and maximum and
minimum features ot the tariff bill,
together with the speedy disposition
of many of the schedules last wek,
Indicates that the bill will soon reach
Its final stage In the senate and go
to conference. Whether thla be as
cribed to the hot weather or the fact
the people have tired of the prolonged
discussion la Immaterial, but the yrnd
will be welcomed.
In this connection what is declared
to be a reflection of the president's
vlevg Is pertinent aa emphaszlng what
The Bee has all along contended, that
the real tariff bill will be made In
conference. The president is quoted
as expressing the belief that the house
would insist in the main on the re
ductions It had made from existing
tariff schedules and that the senate
would do likewise, the net result being
the sum of the reductions desired by
each house and the retention of the
corporation tax. If this should be true
the Parne-Aldrlch bill, In its final
form, would provide substantial re
ductions in duties from the Dlngley
schedules and prove fairly satisfactory
to the country. That all can be satis
fied is impossible where Interests are
so diverse and agreement necessarily
brought about by compromise.
If the result outlined Is attained,
President Taft may fairly be credited
with Its accomplishment. Without ob
truding his views to the extent of
executive interference with legislative
functions he has yet kept his Ideas of
what is needed and what the party
promised before the senators and rep
resentatives. In this as in other mat
ters, Mr. Taft has pursued the even
course which he has used successfully
in all his undertakings and which he
expects to prove successful again.
A New Rate Ruling.
In ruling that the practice of rail
roads granting rates for transporting
freight of other roads is illegal the
Interstate Commerce commission has
touched a vital point. The commis
sion and the courts have both held
repeatedly that there are no excep
tions to the uniformity rule except
where specifically made In the law
Itself. In point of revenue it will
probably make little difference to the
railroads as interchanges of traffic
are doubtless fairly equal.
What is almosst equally important
to the declaration of absolute uni
formity as between shippers Is that
any rates voluntarily made and main
tained by the railroads may reason
ably be taken as the measure of what
constitutes a fair rate for the service.
In other words, if a railroad can af
ford to haul freight for another rail
road at a rate voluntarily fixed it
can afford to give other shippers the
same service at the same rate. With
such a ruling in force railroad man
agers will be doubly careful, about
manipulating rates and. claBslflcatlpps
to benefit favored shippers on any
pretext.
uraauauy me commission la re
ducing the rate question to a point
where actual as well as theoretical
uniformity in rates is secured and
when this Is done many other hitherto
perplexing problems will be compara
tivcly easy. Simplified classifications
and uniformity between shippers
should help wonderfully to determine
what are remunerative rates.
Overstepping the Limit.
Another one of the freak la which
have made Oklahoma famous has been
declared unconstitutional by the fed
eral court. The state sought to pro
hibit the shipping of oil and gaa out
of the state and the court held this
to be an Interference with Interstate
commerce and an infringement upon
the rights of property. SuCh restric
tions have never been upheld except
when they come within the purview
of the police power, beyond which
neither the atate nor general govern
ment can go in limiting the use of
private property. Cutting the pro
ducer off from all outside markets
clearly Interferes with free . inter
change of commerce between the
states. ' "
Economically the law Is as faulty
aa it is legally. If Oklahoma were
Justified In its effort to retain 1U
products other states would have the
same right and its exorcise would lead
to Interminable confusion and Indus
trial disorganization. Such legisla
tion would eventually defeat the very
object of the framers of the consti
tution to build up a nation In the
place of Independent colonies and
states.
Goal of Negro Disfranchisement.
An extract from the' retiring mes
sage of outgoing Governor Hoke Smith
of Georgia la being made the subject
of comment and certainly calls for se
vere criticism from those who believe
In fair play for the negro. . The re
cent pronouncement of Georgia's ex-
governor is as follows:
Tha futir of our state requires that
there shall b no Illiteracy among our
white children. I do not mean any un
kindness to tha negro child by thla dls
crimination, but I don't believe that In
struction from book a, except of almpls
character, Is of any benefit to a consld
erable portion of them. Education should
fit for Ufa with a view to the character
and possibilities of the children. The dif
ference between tha races should he recog
nised by the county school commissioners.
and they should not hesitate to do so on
account of the maudlin criticisms that
may coma upon them from certain classes
of would-be philanthropists of other sec
tions who don't understand the true na
ture of the negro or the true relations of
the races.
The scarcely concealed point to this
argument la that illiterate negroes
have been divested of the right to
vote under the Georgia constitution
and that If the com in tlon of
negroes can be kept illiterate they,
too, can be kept out of the right of
suffrage. Denial to a race of the op
portunity to advance and lift Itself up
Is a monstrous doctrine and In the
long run the whites would suffer from
the degradation they forced upon the
blacks. The negroes are Illy enough
able to maintain theraselvea against
their better equipped white brothers
and much less to provide facilities for
their own education. If cut off from
access to public schools Incentive
would be taken away entirely and the
negro In Georgia unavoidably sink
lower and become an unendurable
menace to the community. No one
will believe that In expressing this
sentiment, Governor Hoke Smith really
voiced the opinion of any number of
Intelligent or self-respecting people,
white or black.
Wanted An Artist.
Receipt of a copy of a monthly trade
paper published at Sioux City has
brought us suddenly to a realization
of Omaha's greatest need. We have
all the time been convinced that
Omaha has the geographical location.
the natural resources and the push,
pluck and enterprise to make a great
city, and while marveling at the strides
already taken, an occasional suspicion
has crept In that we might go faster
if some unknown desideratum were
supplied. We know now what has
been lacking, and that what is wanted
is an artist with prophetic vision and
imaginative conception.
The paper to which we refer, being
the fourth number of the third volume
of the Sioux City Trade Journal, has
Its front page embellished with a atrlk
picture headed, "Sioux City In 1920
as the Great River Port of the North
west," and the further explanation,
This is 'Greatest Sioux City' accord
ing to the conception of Mr. George
Rudersdorf, chief assistant to Mr.
Deethman, head of the Berkley Sys
tem Art Department. The artist's
conception Is by no means far
fetched."
Far be it from us to take issue with
the artist, or to deny that his ebneep-
tion is "by no means far-fetched."
The picture presents "Greatest Sioux
City" from the port side, with six big
steamships of the Dreadnought pat
tern lying at anchor In the foreground,
each of which would do credit to a
travel-folder for an' around-the-world
excursion. The broad expanse of
water would hardly'be identified with
the Missouri river of today, while to
the left the "Sioux City in 1 920"
pierces the sky with towering, massive
buildings.
How the artist creating this concep
tion can be content to be an assistant
to anybody passes comprehension. We
are sue that If he would come to
Omaha and draw on his imagination
to the same extent with the materials
here at hand he would be head of the
art department on short notice.
Omaha should wake up at once and
hire an artist.
The anti-free lunch ordinance en
acted by the mayor and council In
cludes the proviso, "that nothing
herein contained shall be construed as
prohibiting the sale and serving of
food, meals and lunches for a fair con
sideration in any room or place where
liquors are sold." This raises the
question. What is a fair consideration
for food, meals and lunches In a place
restricted by license to sell liquors?
We suggest that the mayor and coun
cil provide an arbitration board to set
tle disputes over the menu card and to
draw the line against unfair exactions
at the victual foundry.
The Commercial club has recorded
Itself against the federal tax on cor
poratlon earnings aa a discrimination
in favor of Individuals and copartner
ships in business competition with cor
poration. The declaration comes a
little late to affect the vote of Ne
braska's senators, but in plenty of
time to reach our democratic congress
man from this district before he an
swers roll call on the proposition.
The railroad managera are trying
to evolve a method for securing greater
safety In transporting highly Inflam
mable articles and both shippers and
travelers hope they will succeed. Rail
road managera are apparently reallz
lng the necessity of devoting more at
tention to reducing the terrible life
cost of railway operation, which is a
hopeful sign.
One of Governor Shallenberger'a
bank examiners, who failed to connect
with the pay roll because of an inter
vening injunction, naa already re
signed. Inasmuch aa there la no im
mediate prospect of a salary the pres
sure for the vacancy la not likely to be
so strong as for the original appoint
ment
A New York jeweler Insists that the
reincarnated spirit of a friend who
was a painter has taken possession
and la continuing to work at his art
through him. While, he waa looking
for a spook master painter why
couldn't he pick up a good one like
Raphael or Michael Angelo?
The federal court has knocked out
another of Oklahoma'a freak laws.
The prohibition against shipping oil
or gas out of the state collided with
common sense as hard aa it did with
the constitution.
President Wood row Wilson asserts
that people who Inherit great wealth
are doomeed to obscurity, but the
oracle of Princeton certainly over
looked the divorce court.
Keep It Dark.
Baltimore American.
ir It la the new comet which la pro
duclng this heat wave and Its accompany
ing discomfort, the neat evsraealous scl
entlst who discovers a comet ought to be
mobbed.
Will They lleea the Illatt
Chicago News,
enator Aldrlch and Speaker Cannon, who
constitute a rrajorlty of the republican
party, should ponder carefully what Prt
dent Taft ayt about the things that are
ilkely to occur.
Booetlaat a Unod Thing;.
Washington Herald. .
A reformer suggests that citizens gen
erally would do a good thing by hiring
doctors to let them alone. The doctors
would agree readily enough, wa suspect,
t let the well ei oigh alone.
Opealaat for Inventive Skill.
Topeka Capital.
We have looked over the entire field of
reform and have decided' thnt the thing
needed most at this season of the year Is
a device which will enable one to eat green
corn without getting butter on his ears.
No Information Needed.
Baltimore American.
Any girl who knows her business does
not require to be told by musty old college
professors how to flirt. Next thing farmers
will be recommended by advance agricul
tural scientists te show ducks how to swim.
Palling; the Wrong; String-.
Washington Star.
Diplomatic representatives of America
are agitating the question of better build-
ngs for embassies abroad. The question
t present agitating the minds of many
statesmen Is that of securing sufficient
public revenue without discovering new
modes of expenditure.
Easterners Are Lee ruing-.
Bt. Louis Republic.
The discovery In the east that the west
s the best place to come In search of tha
best men for all kinds of work cr business
s an encouraging Indication that in course
time everybody down that way will
learn that the sun does not set on tha
crest of the Appalachian range.
The Day We Desecrate.
New York World.
It goes without saying that If Fourth
of July had had Ita beginning In such
tollies of slaughter and mutilation as now
mark its annual passage It would not have
become a national holiday. Think of call
ing that a festal day which for the six
years just past has piled up a total of
316 dead and 27.PS0 Injured!
Aa Kneiur af His Kind.
Philadelphia Record.
Tha fond parent who gives his tender
Infant the Fourth of July material for pro
ducing lockjaw wounds and who at the
tarns time falls to provide against lockjaw
casualty, both for the infant and for other
human beings whose peace and safety the
Infant Is armed to make war upon, la him
self an undesirable cltixen and an enemy
of his kind.
Reaching; for the Standard Roll.
, Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mississippi Is the latest to start ouster
proceedings against Standard Oil with a
claim attachment of $11,000,000. The success
of Texas In collecting a tidy sum in cosh
appears to be an Incentive to the trust
busting attorneys, and the large surplus to
which Standard Oil has confessed Is an
other. Bad as the Standard has been, how
ever, we doubt Its commission, of $11,000,000
worth of crime In the. negro baiting state
of Vardaman.
A T1IHIKTJT STATU.
Frails of RepablMaa Polloles Mick
Admired. '
Bostoh.'jlerald.
The state of Nebraska has paid the last
outstanding warrant ' against the general
fund and now, for the first time since it
entered statehood, Is free from debt. Ne
braska early Incurred a heavy Indebtedness
for the construction ot publlo buildings
and Its obligations were funded and re
funded before being wiped out. Now the
stkts will Issue temporary warrants to the
extent of $4,000,000 to. meet legislative ap
propriations, planning for their retirement
on the receipt ot taxes and other state
Income. No doubt these will prove popular
Investments among the plutocratic farmers
of tha state and their six per cent Interest
will be sought eagerly. For If Nebraska
continues tha thrift by which it has wiped
out Its debt It should soon establish a sur
plus and be forehanded with ample work
ing capital to render even the temporary
loans urinoessary. Nebraska finance now
has a new significance.
THE AIRSHIP AGK..
Significant Activities aad ProsDee-
tlva Developments.
New York World.
Eigns multiply of the near approach of the
expected age of aviation. The adjournment
of congress to witness the trial of a Wright
aeroplane; the announcement of a national
exposition of air craft to be held In Boston
next spring; the presence of aeronauts near
Calais waiting for weather conditions fa
vorable for an aeroplane flight across the
English channel these Incidents of a sin
gle day's news, together with the adver
tised offer of dealers to supply alrahlpa
within forty days after the receipt of or
ders, testify vividly both to the wide In
terest In air travel and to the progress
made toward Its realisation. With the
secret but just learned, its application to
practical uses Is well under way.
Not the least significant of developments
along this line Is the endowment of a chair
of aviation at the University of Paris with
a fund of l0,000,,and the foundation at the
same university of a department of tech
nical aeronautics with an endowment of
$100,000. Columbia university announced
sometime ago that It would provide In
struction In the new science. But the Insti
tution of chairs for the study of the prob
lems of air travel at the university around
which raged mediaeval controversies in
theology is not without Its sentimental In
terest. It is fitting that the city of the
Montgolfiera should be tha first to furnish
a comprehensive course of study In the
science of which they were pioneers.
Colnmbna Wants Lswer Rata.
COLUMBUS, Neb., July 4.-(8pecial.)-
There has been some complaint regarding
the charges for lighting msde by the Co
lumbus Light, Heat and Power company
under Its new franchise, which took effect
shortly after the first of tha year, and aa
a result ot the dissatisfaction ex-Mayor
Dickinson Circulated a petition and seourcd
the signatures of nearly every business
man In the city asking that the city council
appoint a committee to Investigate the
charges for service being made by the
electrlo light company. Thla petition was
prevented to tha council at the regular
monthly meeting Friday night and referred
to a committee consisting of Councllmen
Qass, Clark. Brunken and Willard, who
Will make an Investigation. The electric
light people say their charges are reason
able and In accordance with the franchise
granted them by the city, but some of the
citliena claim that what they were prom
ised and what they are getting ia alto
gether different. At any rate, tha matter
will be gone over thoroughly before it it
closed
r
POEMS OF THE "EVER GLORIOUS."
The Day af Liberty.
Our ys on all other days of the year
May gase on the foreigner s things,
And envy may thrill us to took at the pomp
And purple paraded by kings.
Perhaps we may long (or a title or two,
With the nobles of Europe te via.
And some gay decorstions to piu to ur
coats,
But not on the Fourth of July.
It Is then that we love to repeat to the
world
The siory of Liberty's birth,
And how In the sheltering folds of her
robe
There Is room for the whole of the earth.
It Is then that from mansion and cottage
alike
Her colors stream out to the sky,
While the north and the south, and the
east and the nest.
All welcome the Fourth of July.
Behold all the cattle that darken the hills.
The grains, and the fruits, and the f 10 v
ers, The snow of the cotton, tha gold ot the
corn,
The mills and the mines that are ours.
This glorious heritage, fertile and fair,
That the wealth of no monarch can buy.
Forever bequeathed to the sons of the free,
Waa signed on the Fourth ot July.
So fling out the banners from basement
to roof.
And send tip the rockets In space,
In letters of fire on the blackboard of
nlpht
The fists of our freedo mto trace.
And salute with the thunders of cannon
and drum
The shades of our heroes gone by,
Who died for the rights that wa cherish to
day, And gave us the Fourth of July.
Minna Irving In Leslie's.
Colnmbla'a Call.
Columbia stands beneath the flag;
She looks to south and north,
"I need the boys," she cries aloud,
"Upon this glorious Fourth:
My .soldiers and my sailors bold
Have won me victory,
And now I need my growing boys
The men that are to bel
"My banner floats 'n distant seas,
And under suinmtr skies
V hrre ne'er before its stars and stripes
Have waved before men's eyes.
Heroes have died to set It there,
And make the peoples free, .
And future heroes now I need
The men that are to bel
"I need my lads in home and shop,
My lsds In church and school.
Who faithfully shall tit themselves
To serve, and so to rule;
To toll abroad, to work at home;
For God and liberty,
To lift my standard nlsher yet
The men that are to bet
"I need the lads of prayer and faith
Who make the men that lead;
Courageous, uprlpht, Just and pure
These are the boys I need.
Without them, all my battles won
Can bring no gain to me;
My hope must always lie In these
The men that are to bel
"I see them come, from farm and town,
An army great and atrong;
I see my starry banner wave
Above their countless throng;
And through the century's opening gate,
With steady march and free,
I see them bear my greatness on
The men that are to be!"
Prlscllla Leonard.
The Mttle Celebrant.
We bought our little Johnny
Olant crackers by the score;
We bought a pretty cannon,
For he liked to hear it roar.
We love our little Johnny
And could nothing him deny.
That would give the darling pleasure
On this great day In July.
We bbught flrewheels and serpents
We bought dynamite galore;
Devil chasers by the doxen
And then we bought some more,
He waa our only laddie;
We let him have full sway.
The wildest liberty and noise
This patriotic day.
In the morning very early
John began to celebrate;
The shed waa burned at seven
And the stable went at eight.
The firemen were busy
An alarm was turned at nine.
And half an hour later
-, Th house was blazing fine. - i-
Great day It waa for Johnny
A day surcharged with fun,
As all begrimed with powder
He saw the firemen run.
The dynamited cannon
Burst with a muffled roar,
And souvenirs of Johnny
Were gleaned half after four.
Tha services were simple
Some songs, some words of prayer-
The floral emblems mustered-
About him everyywhere;
There'll be no harp for Johnny
He'll with the angels stand
Plnwheels will make his halo,
Qiant crackers In his hand.
Indianapolis News.
Hnrrah for th Foarth.
Tha birthday of freedom, the feast of the
nation, 1
The day of all davs in the rear I
What fate victorious, history glorious.
In its life doth it not bear!
How has the nation made prouder Ita
station,
Each time that a decade rolled hv.
And aa the years die-out, ah, well may
wv vrj out,
"Hurrah for the Fourth of July!"
Twas born In the thunder of crashing
asuuuer
A country the greatest on earth.
Ana ner own I ree aaugnter, who cross
ine oroan water.
Demanded the right of her birth.
Twas not a rejoicing which save tha first
voicing
Through th land of the day's solemn
cry.
But that of men sighting a llfe-and-death
. uz.iung,
That hailed th first Fourth of July.
But they fought the hard battle which
provea me aeatn rattle
Of tyranny over free men:
bach hero and martyr algned in blood the
cnarter
Which gave th world freedom stain
And each generation shall blesa this, our
nation.
As the llberty-fraurht years mil hv '
And the nations before us will Join In our
cnorus, i
"Hurrah for th Fourth of July!"
Baltimore American.
Betweea lianas.
Willi has just lost a thumb and on ear.
Bang, Bang!
Cheer for the blessing of liberty, cheer
nana, cans:
Bring the rusty gun out, let the loud can
non roar.
Make the day that w celebrate bloody
onoe more.
Let us all be more foolish than vr b-
rore
Bang, Bang!
Mabel henceforth will be shy of an eye,
Bang. Bans!
Shout freedom forever, her standard aet
nign,
Bang. Banc!
Let all the world know that w kneel to
no foe.
Let the heavens be rent by the Bounds from
Deiow
Baby' flngera are gone never mind, let
mem go
Bang, Bang!
Th dead and the wounded are strewn
tnrouen th land.
Bang. Banal
Hurrah, there goes Johnny's poor little left
nana,
Bang. Bans!
Fling out th gay bannsrs to war In th
air,
Shoot off th loud craoksr 'neath grand
mother's chair
Th kitchen's on fire, but let u not car
Bang, Bang!
Chicago Record-Herald.
Glimmerings af Patriotism.
Ooh! th Fourth o" July!
fihurs. I wonder will I
Evr grow to be glad fur Its deafenln
thunder.
Will th oannon by day
An' th rocket by night
Ever whisk me away
On a spree o' dellghtT
Now, I wonder.
Falx, at prlslnt 'tis llttl I mind to b told
Of a fight that la more nor a century old
An' all thsm that was In It long laid In th
mold.
"They wer heroes." ses you.
An' all that may b true:
But what comfort at all could I find In
that boast.
Or in blatin' away at a red-coated ghost
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: ,
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CHAS. R. SHERMAN. Rherninn & McConncll.
T. E. STEVENS, Vice-President.
GOTTLIEB STORZ. Stora Brewing Co."
J. W. THOMAS. Cashier.
JOHN R. WEBSTER, Capitalist.
Whin a shot at a live wan would cheer tnt
the most?
What's a fight past an' gone to a fight yot
to bel . . .
Oh, If anny slch come to thla land o' the
free.
Jlsht a fight fur the Joy of It, count upon
me!
An' how manny good men
In that glorious row
Had the thought of this then
That I have of It now?
Falx, I wonder.
n' this ladv. Columbia, stately an' grand,
Wtd the shield at her side an' the sword in
her hand.
Shure, she seems to be queen. If there's wan
in the land.
"She's the Hed, White an' Blue
That we'd die fur." aea you.
Would I fight fur her, toof Wid the best
o' good grace.
Wid the blood o' me heart, sure, my fancy
would' trace
Added beauties to those that you see In her
face.
Fur she'd have a wee tilt to her nose In the
air.
n' a wild Irish rose In the gold of her hair,
n' her eyes would be those of sweet Kitty
O'Hare.
Ah! how manny brava men
In that glorious row
Fought their fight fur her then
As I'd fight fur her now?
Falx. I wonder.
T. S. Daly in Catholic Standard.
A CELEBRATED CASE.
Fight on the Nebraska Deposit
Goarssty Law.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The federal court in Nebraska by In
junction prohibits the enforcement ot the
bank deposit guarantee law. The restrain
ing order Is but temporary and comes as
one step In the development of th fight
being made by many of the national banks
ot that state to have the law declared
unconstitutional. Th grounds for th
claim ar that th law takes nmrwrtv
through th legislature for the payment
ot private aebta. If th guarantee aat la
........ u.u.n-u invana, or oourse, the only
resource ror th advocates of the prlnolpl
will be to amend the constitution. The
difficulty in this direction Is apparent
This check In Nebraska Is likely, one
may presume, to have Its effect upon the
movement for deposit guaranty in that
section of the country where It has made
rapid progress during th last year. Th
laws In th various atate which hav
adopted the Idea vary in many respects.
yet It Is possible that th argument urged
ngainm me weDraska aot may with equal
force be urged against the 'others. For
instance, In any state, excent where th.
payment of th guaranty fund is purely
voluntary, It would seem that th act
"takes property through th legislature
for the payment of private debts. The
progress of the Nebraska suit will be
watched with Interest.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Governor Hughes has refused ,
in appro-
prlatlon of state funds to pay his expenses
mo aeame exposition, but wilt take the
trip at hi own expense.
About seventeen years aao Thnm a
Edison startled th world by carrying on
telegraphic communication between a mov
ing train and stations alohg the railroad
without any wir connection therewith.
A statue of Oeneral Russell A. Alrer.
secretary of war under President McKlnley,
and later United States senator from Michi
gan, was unveuea at Munlslng, Mich., a
few days ago. It Is a gift to Alger oounty
from the family of th late general. The
monument la th work of Carlo Romanelll
of Detroit.
In the llttl town of Whitby. Ind.. th
other daya seven men were In Jail for the
crime of wlf beating, and seven wives
were, ofcour, sourrylng around after ball
to get them out. The husbands blame the
weather for the foolishness, but aa to the
foolishness of the wives no one seems to
have thought to offer excuse.
The only Roman Catholic priest who even
was In congress was Father Gabriel Rich
ard, who sat from a Michigan district and
Impressed his colleagues with his character
and ability. He has been recalled recently
by fh centenary of the aettlng up of th
first printing press In the middle west.
Father Richard Issued In 1S09, from a press
set up In Detroit, the "Essal du Michigan."
Prof. Austin Cary, who has become super
intendent ot the New York state forests,
entered on hi professional career In 1893.
and has served Tale, Harvard, th state of
Main and the Dspartment of Agriculture.
He knows the history of forestry In Its
European development as well aa Its rise
in this country from a "council of perfec
tion" of a few patriots to Its present dimen
sions. '
M Bills, ghaa la "trt Safe; TW
That'i the kind of cooking-
upon every tijne if you ute
f t J L J W unnppy
I if wf
me Bros Spick
Ton'i Spicti put life Into your coqlunf. Giv it
a flavor and test that only (pics tf lull urencth and
flavor can giv. Ton' Spicet possess eveiy Quality that
bulk ipice lack. They si fresh 4hy ar f ulModld .
they are f uU-strenjjth rtisy
flavor of fresh-milled spices.
If not mt ymr graeer. us tfeenfs mnd yewr
emr'l aame. W' milt pn4 nr nlmll amtk
and ear or 7n' Spier TaUti."
There are two klndsof spices
TON K BROS. snd"0An."
TONE BOS, Dea Molaea. Iowa
(auaasrs at Ok ssUbrato OLD OOLDBM Corm
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DEVELOPMENT OF WATERWAY
Decisive Action Expected from the
Meat Con areas.
Baltimore American.
Recent expressions of opinion on the part
of various members of both branches of
the Sixty-first congress lead to the belief
that at the first regular session ther will
be Important and conclusive action com
mitting the government definitely to the
realization of the national waterways Im
provement policy as advocated by bo'h
President Roosevelt and President Tafi
The new United States senator from Illinois
William Lorlmer, has for long been an
earnest advocate of the development of the
country's navigable waterways, and In a
recent statement he declared that the pres
nt congress Inclines to an appropriation ot
$100,000,000. He himself Is convinced that
th old piecemeal appropriations for-river
and harbor Improvements should be en
tirely eliminated.
There Is this to be said concerning Sena
tor Lorlmer's suggestion of an appropria
tion of $100,000,000 for waterway improve
ment by the present' congress It Is toe
much If th amount Is to b provided from
the ordinary sources of revenue and en
tirely too small If th urgently needed
waterway betterments are to ba provided
for by a lump-sum bond Issue. .The aggre
gate of such a bond issue should not be less
than $500,000,000. It will not b necessary,
of course, to float the who! of such an
Issue Immediately. Th realisation of such
a loan might extend through ten years or
longer, or otherwise through the entire
period during which constructive work upon
the selected development enterprises would
be under way. But the plan of Improve
ments should b determined upon at th
start and th realisation assured by pro
viding a proper and complete method of
financing In advance. .
tt has been demonstrated by-th Issuo.
of I per cent isthmian caral bonds that the
mrV,i It securities at Dar
i at that low rate of Interest. Th total nona
Issue of $COO,000,000, whn it shall finally
hav been floated, will at the I per cent
rate entail an annual Interest responsibility
of only $10,000,000. If the bonds have a
fifty-year extension, the sinking fund fea
ture would add another $10,000,000 to be
provided annually, or $JO.OOO,000 In total. By
th outlay of the $500,000,000 in waterway
betterments the aggregate of th country's
wealth will have been lncreaaed by at least
$1,000,000,000,' and possibly by douhl that
amount. Th bond Issue plan will place a
large proportion of th ost.of waterway
betterments upon posterity, hut posterity
will at least hav duplicate, and. more than
likely Quadruple, value tor the expenditure.
SNAPPY REMARKS. v
"Slmpllolty," h said, just for the pur
pose of breaking tha long slleno. Is the
surest sign of greatness.' '
"Dear me, what an egotist you are, sh
pleasantly remarked.-Chicago Record Her
ald. ,.
The Insurance Agnt-Sur your Jiart
Isn't weakT" ' -
Th Insured On-Oh, yes, yes.
The Agent-Ever test It T
The Insured Tes, Indeed. I watched a
fifteen-Inning ball game with th oor 1
to 1. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mr. Jagway Honest, now; when you saw
me last night wasn't I making a be line
fMiCandld Friend-Making a B IlneT
Worse than that, Jagway. You wr mak
ing a W llne.-hlcago Tribune.
"Jan say h Is sorry sh didn't arrange
to be married In June."
"That's undoubtedly true a far as It
goes. Jan might hav added that sh
would b only too glad to arrange to be
married at any old time." 8U Louis Re
public. "What harm has Wall street vr don
youT"
"A Whol lot," answered Farmer Corn
tassel. "I git so excited talkln' about It
duln'a down to the store that I lo about
seven hours a week right In lb busiest
season." Washington Btar. '- -
"My Jewel!" exclaimed th young man
when th girl had promised to be hi.
"1 am so glad to hear you call me that,
dearest," she answered. "Now. please try
to give me something better than a plain
setting." Chicago Record-Herald.
"What's your trads, old pal T"
"Don't call me 'old pal.' A to your ques
tion, I am a gentleman."
"Oh, I see. On your vacation now, eh?"
Cleveland Leader. .. .
"That laundress waa prophetic," sobbed
the chauffeur's fair guest as sh stood,
with damaged finery,, and a broken arm, In
the police station.
"How so?" asked th sympathetic matron,
who was trying to soothe her until th
ambulance arrived.
"She pressed this linen suit I was going
to wear on this Joy ride, with a aad Iron."
Baltimore American.
Gingery
Cooking
GingeMiAps with snap to them.
Gingerbread of the gingery kind.'
Spice-cake that tastes of ipice.
you can depend
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firm
Pdus ,
hens
tonus
Jaaacs
BrTMS
fiMrt th aromatlg
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